Firewall Software 2006 [Poll]

[Olle P]

Originally Posted by zy

not using anyfirewall even if i'm on a huge massive network

Originally Posted by Zenphic

Is it really safe to do that?

On a local network the main function of the software firewall is to stop outgoing unwanted traffic, more than stopping incoming.
The risk is that a user happen to install some malware (virus, trojan, worm, bot, etc.) and it's then spreading itself or other content out to other computers on the LAN.

Cheers
Olle

[hyper_raider]

Should set up a linux box with IPCop in it

[duan]

belikethat,
kaspersky do hv somewhat big update, but that only applicable to antivirus, not firewall (antihacker)

[CompactNinja]

Zone Labs

oh and some Router Firewall too

[belikethat]

LOL sorry i mixed up kaspersky AV and firewall

[zicovsky]

I'm using zonealarm at home... though, I used to be a Kerio hardcore back in the days but stoped using it since they screwed everything up...

I never used Outpost os Sygate, are they really good? like compared to zonealarm?

with outpost you can control which port to open per application, more better than sygate or zonealarm

[Zenphic]

Originally Posted by PlaySafe

with outpost you can control which port to open per application, more better than sygate or zonealarm

lol user friendly firewalls have that disadvantage

[zicovsky]

Hmm.. with Kerio we had to create all the rules and specify which ports to open too, took me a long time to do all that... i'm too lazy nowadays to do all that again, so I'll stick with zonealarm since it's made for lazy people like me..

[duan]

zicovsky, u can use Save n Load filter config file for kerio, in the even of formatting ur pc.

Originally Posted by PlaySafe

with outpost you can control which port to open per application, more better than sygate or zonealarm

well then, winpooch oso hv this function. not to mention that it oso hv import n export filter file. now im ditching out kerio for winpooch, for now