Technology Best Free Firewall?

[Douglas1121]

does anyone else here use ZoneAlarm? im ussing it now but i wanna know if its the best free firewall to use? is the firewall built in with windows xp worth using? or any better?

 

[choppa]

It depends on what you want out of a firewall. Zone Alarm is one of the best, but I prefer Norton Firewall over it. Check here for a whole selection of firewalls, http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=firewall&tg=dl-20&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=+Go!+.

 

[BonGMaN]

ya Zone Alarm is probably the best free firewall out there..

 

[Illuminattile]

There are a couple posted in the Tech Talk Knowledge Base at the top of the forum. I use ZoneAlarm.

 

[bigmack]

firewalls all have the same functionalities.They all do the same thing.So choose whichever one you feel is easier to configure and maintain.

BUT

there are many vulnerabilities that will disable a certain firewall brand. because of that you must do your research. head over to www.securityfocus.org to stay updated on possible vulnerabilities and exploits.

i would recommend a lesser known brand as there is virtually no demand for an exploit.there is high demand for more known firewall types such as windows firewall and zonealarm.

if you want to be absolutely safe, get yourself a hardware based firewall.

 

[Cooper]

check the knowledge base in ma sig. i use one of them...but i forgot the name

 

[Cooper]

http://www.sygate.com/firewall/

there ya go

 

[Soldier like me]

Sygate is the best :thumb: