what is the best firewall

[Cloud Geek]

most of those firewalls are for not verry good they are more for the average user I'm a Network Admin

[randy_tho]

most of those firewalls are for not verry good they are more for the average user I'm a Network Admin

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Well that is pretty much what you get for a personal firewall. I'd like to know if there are any better at the enterprise level.

[Cloud Geek]

Well that is pretty much what you get for a personal firewall. I'd like to know if there are any better at the enterprise level.

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wow no one can recommend an enterprise or corp firewall

[HilariousNinja]

Zonealarm seems to be reliable enough for me :)

[Tungsten T]

XP SP2 firewall

[Cloud Geek]

zone alarm and sp2 are personal firewalls....

[drgrudge]

Zone alarm (Y) (Y)

http://www.zonelabs.com/products/za/

or

Kerio (Y)

http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_download.html

Win Xp sp2 firewall is not good as it blocks only outgoing traffic and not out ingoing traffic...

Is outpost and sygate free?

[amdme3200]

Windows xp sp2 fw is the best lol jk.

[AndyMutz]

look n stop without doubt

just have a look in the leak tests chart

http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests.htm

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i was going to say the same :)

-andy-

[SIG]

Can someone post links to where I can test my firewall?

[joshpo]

Win Xp sp2 firewall is not good as it blocks only outgoing traffic and not out ingoing traffic...

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I think you mean it blocks incoming and not outgoing....

None of these firewalls are perfect, they are just software designed for personal use. You can't expect the same protection you would get from a $6,000 Sonicwall

[Cloud Geek]

and no one seems to understand I Whant To Know What The Best Corp Or Enterprise firewall ;)

Edited February 27, 2005 by MvT Cracker

[s0wi]

Tiny Personal Firewall, from www.tinysoftware.com is the best I've used so far. I think they're the same people that make Kerio. I tried Kerio, and Tiny Personal Firewall is better. More control.

[Cloud Geek]

Tiny Personal Firewall, from www.tinysoftware.com is the best I've used so far. I think they're the same people that make Kerio. I tried Kerio, and Tiny Personal Firewall is better. More control.

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another personal firewall

and no one seems to understand I Whant To Know What The Best Corporate Or Enterprise firewall

[chacho]

hardware firewall.

[Cloud Geek]

hardware firewall.

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already thought about it and i whant a software firewall

[thiXkull]

outpost seems god enough for perosnal use..

thought its not free.

[PseudoRandomDragon]

lol this is funny absolutely nobody is listening to you, they all just want to spout out the fw they use :D

For home use, neither corp or enterprise fw will do. They would probably be quite complicated. But if you insist then go with corp.

[THE BAT]

if you don't need a control over which application can access the Internet use Windows XP Service pack 2 Firewall

Otherwise Use Mcafee Firewall or Norton Firewall

[randy_tho]

I use the home/ office version of Astaro Security Linux. Astaro.com

You said software firewall so everyone though you meant client side.

Basicly any of the linux based firewall distros will do for a great cheap setup.

With Astaro you have SNORT, SQUID (caching) and of course its a router. You can also do VPN endpoints or PPtP.

It uses NAT and also has packet filters.

Mine was free because they were offering free home use up to 10 hosts.

Other ones are ipCop, Smoothwall, Clarkconnect, MonoWall.

People often say hardware/ software firewall. As far as I know the "hardware" means its a seperate device on your network with specifically designed software for firewall functions.

Is that what you are wanting?

Reading yoru first post again you are looking for a software firewall on the client side. As far as I know the ones people are listing is pretty much it. Most large compnaies don't have anything more sophisticated internally. I think recently they are moving more and more to managing per host but most places are likely to just use SP2.

Sygate Personal Firewall Pro gives some extra functionality over the free one. It is meant for business use. Also I think there are other server products that are harder.

In practive though your best leaving the client side as a secondary/ complementary defence. by having the firewall on the system being protected that is an inherent risk.

Edited February 28, 2005 by randy_tho

[Cloud Geek]

I use the home/ office version of Astaro Security Linux. Astaro.com

You said software firewall so everyone though you meant client side.

Basicly any of the linux based firewall distros will do for a great cheap setup.

With Astaro you have SNORT, SQUID (caching) and of course its a router. You can also do VPN endpoints or PPtP.

It uses NAT and also has packet filters.

Mine was free because they were offering free home use up to 10 hosts.

Other ones are ipCop, Smoothwall, Clarkconnect, MonoWall.

People often say hardware/ software firewall. As far as I know the "hardware" means its a seperate device on your network with specifically designed software for firewall functions.

Is that what you are wanting?

Reading yoru first post again you are looking for a software firewall on the client side. As far as I know the ones people are listing is pretty much it. Most large compnaies don't have anything more sophisticated internally. I think recently they are moving more and more to managing per host but most places are likely to just use SP2.

Sygate Personal Firewall Pro gives some extra functionality over the free one. It is meant for business use. Also I think there are other server products that are harder.

In practive though your best leaving the client side as a secondary/ complementary defence. by having the firewall on the system being protected that is an inherent risk.

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Thanx For the reply

I'm now thinking about a hardware firewall then a corp or enterprise firewall but depending on price i might stick with symantec corp firewall 7 with vpn

http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/pro...fm?productid=47

Edited February 28, 2005 by MvT Cracker

[BigPaul2006]

wrt54g router/hardware firewall + windows sp2 firewall works 4 me

[Cloud Geek]

wrt54g router/hardware firewall + windows sp2 firewall works 4 me

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wow still no one that can recommend a good corp ot enterprise firewall(software)

[virtualmadden]

Even though Mcafee is the only firewall that has detected my home network, go figure, I want to kill it every time I see the boot screen now. For some reason their security products won't play together and tell me to "buy firewall/antivirus now!" even though I'm running both. Anyway, hardware or depending on if you're a "tinkerer" or a "set and forget", like me (that's why I'm not changing from Mcafee), Kerio or Symantec.

[vhane]

wow still no one that can recommend a good corp ot enterprise firewall(software)

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Lots of free *nix firewalls would fall into the "enterprise" category. I've tried iptables (linux), ipfw (FreeBSD) and pf (FreeBSD and OpenBSD). I like pf best. However be warned that the learning curve can be very steep.