Definitive Best Firewall

[Si Veteran]

Please use this thread as a reference for this topic, as time goes on and availabilty changes, the poll will be updated.

[Smigit]

It isnt but for a firewall do you really need updates if it works? It does have a strong online backing. Anyway I like Outpost.

[Gavin001]

Sygate for me :)

[dtanderson]

Sygate for me :)

Sygate does not exist any more, they were bought out and shutdown by Symantec. That would be my choice also. I am still running it and will continue until it will not run any more or I find something that I like better.

[illegalStuff]

I use Kerio 2.1.5, if Sygate were still offering theirs, I would use that.

[CoolCatBad]

Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 (last freeware version)

http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/pa...onal%20Firewall

[Smigit]

I use Kerio 2.1.5, if Sygate were still offering theirs, I would use that.

Well technically Kerio 2.x.x isnt being offered anymore is it? It'll get the job done but with 4.x.x its become payware so if you did like sygate I guess you would get as much support as Kerio 2.x.x.

I guess the good thing with firewalls is they dont age all that fast due to their nature. You can use them years after their development stopped and it'll do the job still.

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

A router is the best firewall you can have - period.

routers don't block outbound connections

[bluecandylover]

I like this one....

Filseclab Personal Firewall - Proffesional Edition.

This is free and works great, even has a ICS mode. And it also works on the older Windows OS's. (Windows 95+)

[Scorbing]

I use MS Windows 2003 Enterprise with McAfee Enterprise 8.0i and the Windows Firewall. My ISP has firewall protection as well and since I only use Opera to surf the web I really don't worry too much about Trojans and strange things since Opera does not use Active X.

[yanowhiz]

Sunbelt Kerio 4.3.246, is excellent. I'm glad Sunbelt took over Kerio, because there was a glitch in the packet filter rules. It would just ignore them. Anyways it does what I want and it's free!

In addition, I have a Linksys router which adds some protection.

[IceDogg]

I think comodo is worth trying. It reminds me of what ZAF use to be like. It's gaining popularity very fast too. Not that that means it's good, but lots of people that know about this stuff say it is. BTW it's free.

[Bobstar]

Have used ZA for years however, was getting fed up with slow boot using latest free version 6.5. Went back to 5.5 free and now boot time is considerably reduced.

Another thing that annoys me about Zone Alarm is the the fact that the uninstaller does a lousy job and to prevent problems after installing a different version of ZA, you have to manually delete files and registry entries as per instructions on their web site.

[Melly]

I'm using Kerio 4 but after reading the posts should I downgrade to version 2.x?

Are there significant improvements in ver 4? I have a rather low-end PC and could use any help in freeing up resources I can get! I do want to be as secure as possible though, so I will use whichever has the best security.

[+hayc59 MVC]

Outpost by Agnitum

For Sure Is The Best!!

4.0 Is Going To Rock

[levianthen]

ZoneAlarm / Tiny

[apul]

ZoneAlarm Pro, simply...

[see-seA]

ZA messed up many of my Windows computers. I get into the mode "a version a while back didnt work and everyone says its good so let me try it again" and then something got messed.

Then I moved onto Mcafee for quite some time and was very happy as it did everything I wanted. But for some reason I wanted to try other things. I went through some others which I cannot remember but since last year I have been using Agnitum Outpost and it has to be the best firewall I've ever used - and it gets better with each version.

On XP64 I used plain old built-in windows firewall.

[baldie87]

been using zone alarm 2006 internet security suite and i think its really good i'm very impresed with it

[Chit Chat]

I use Zone Alarm which I find to very simple, user freindly, and it does what it says on the tin!!!

I have just checked the Poll and Zone Alarm is up there with the best of them (seems to be very popular).

Chit Chat

[joe_banana]

i know kerio 2 is light but it's missing the application control..

what's a nice resource usage firewall with app control? currently im using sunbelt kerio free.

[Quillz]

The standard Windows Firewall has always performed just fine for me.

[fdsfdg]

hardware firewall.

Why're some of you using windows firewall with the hardware firewall? I have mine shut off, it tends to annoy me and I don't see any purpose in using it. If there is a reason other than "why not?" I'd like to know so I don't carry on with my ignorant view of adequate firewall protection. :blush:

[Shane Pitman]

Hardware firewall

IPCop for home / smal office, SonicWALL for small office - medium/large office, Cisco for large corporate installs

[speedy_kevin]

Still using Sygate. No problems with it :D

[chika]

ZA for me, though it slows the system down a bit on old computers