What Firewall are you using… Paid version or free version?

[sweater]

There are lots of topics here talking bout what is the best firewall or favorite firewall, but haven’t heard yet what really are they are actually using. I mean, maybe those using only free versions of firewalls will be possibly hesitant (or shy :-\ ) to participate on that poll or topics because most of the time only “popular firewalls” are always on the list and talk about. Aside from that, also, even paid versions has its own flaws, blemishes, weaknesses, inadequacies and problems discovered as we used them day by day. :P

Maybe my guess is right… but I could not say for sure if I am correct. ::)

What really are you actually using, free or paid versions of firewall? ;D

[rdsu]

Free, the CHX ;)

[polyglory]

Paid, Panda package

[Nick Rhodes]

XP SP2 firewall, does everything I need.

[Brinn]

CHX here

[sonofa]

Paid, no blemishes

[steverio]

Latest ZA Pro here

[zapjb]

Free GhostWall.

[Brian N]

BitGuard (no it has nothing to do with BitDefender) :P

[ErikAlbert]

ZoneAlarm Free.

[Osaban]

Look'n'Stop.

[YeOldeStonecat]

Technically I did spend money on my router. ;)

[tuatara]

Cisco router for inbound

Tiny Personal Firewall 2005 Pro for the rest.

Hope it will stay as good as it is, i don't have good experiences
with products that get a new Owner.
(CA has taken over Tinysoft)

But perhaps in this case it doesn't go the same way as with:

Giant Anti Spyware -> MS
Norton Anti Virus -> Symantec
Ghost -> Symantec ..this one needs .net and Live update now ;D>:(:'(

etc.

[cheetah]

Paid version of Outpost, lifetime key aawright ;D

[BuckSnort_]

Using Look n Stop now that Sygate Pro has bit the dust.

[Randy_Bell]

NIS 2006 and yes it is excellent! {the firewall also comes with IDS, AntiVirus, AntiSpam, Privacy Control (ad and popup blocking), etc.}

I used ZA Pro for years but didn't like the 6.x release so I changed .. haha ..

Thanks for an interesting thread!

[ettu]

Zonealarm free:)

[beetlejuice69]

ZA Pro...paid

[manOFpeace]

Been using free version ZA for about 4 years now. No problems. :)

[Huwge]

Running Netveda Free atm but looking around for another

[mercurie]

-{ Quote: "Paid version of Outpost, lifetime key aawright ;D" }-Same here on my machine.

Mcafee through ISP on the family machine. ;)

[denis]

Paid version of Outpost;D

[gerardwil]

Preventon Personal Firewall Pro (http://www.preventon.com/firewall.php)

Got it for free via my ISP

Gerard

[Green Dragon]

Zone Alarm free here. I am very satisfied.

[c0ltran3]

Paid version of Outpost, lifetime license

[sweater]

Ohh my, my...:o only very very few of us are using the Windows XP firewall... ::) :o .. maybe we're just very confident that we have a "guardian angel" to protect us... and also not paranoid enough to use any third-party firewall. ;)

But what really struck me was those 5.13% who don't use a firewall at all. I am just wondering that maybe they are the super expert in a net world. ::) :o :D ???

Maybe... I can consider them a Rambo in the pc world...;D :o ...how did they do it? ??? and what's their setting? ??? :lurking:

[Nick Rhodes]

-{ Quote: "Ohh my, my...:o only very very few of us are using the Windows XP firewall... ::) :o .. maybe we're just very confident that we have a "guardian angel" to protect us... and also not paranoid enough to use any third-party firewall. ;) " }-

Hehe... I was the one that voted XP firewall.

-{ Quote: "
But what really struck me was those 5.13% who don't use a firewall at all. I am just wondering that maybe they are the super expert in a net world. ::) :o :D ???

Maybe... I can consider them a Rambo in the pc world...;D :o ...how did they do it? ??? and what's their setting? ??? :lurking:" }-

I wonder if these guys are running any kinda inbound protection eg, network firewall ?

[yahoo]

Paid version of Tiny Firewall 2005 Pro.

[tuatara]

Impressive list you have there yahoo ..;)

[peterc]

Look 'n' Stop 8)

[yahoo]

-{ Quote: "Impressive list you have there yahoo ..;)" }-

tuatara, thanks. Only us two are Tiny lovers here:)

[timcan]

comodo pfw(free) and router.

[Notok]

Look'n'Stop here as well.

[hollywoodpc]

Hi Yahoo .
Oh contrare' . lol . I LOVE Tiny . Excellent firewall and THEN some . Probably the best protection money can buy with all the protection features . Problem is , most people have a hard time working with it . Such is life . Count me in though . My ALL TIME favorite

[Infinity]

-{ Quote: "Hi Yahoo .
Oh contrare' . lol . I LOVE Tiny . Excellent firewall and THEN some . Probably the best protection money can buy with all the protection features . Problem is , most people have a hard time working with it . Such is life . Count me in though . My ALL TIME favorite" }-

Count me in !! Tiny was way ahead of the rest and they made it even better ..

[Smokey]

On my home-PC Kerio Personal Firewall v4.2.2, only for outgoing traffic and application control.

[se7engreen]

-{ Quote: "tuatara, thanks. Only us two are Tiny lovers here:)" }-

Loved it since version 5.1 :). I thought 6.5 was great but I'm skeptical of what CA is going to do, so I just watch its development for now.

Right now, I use a hardware firewall; it's definitely paid for.

[Ren1]

router & kerio 4.2 free works fine for me.

[Rita]

sygate free

[dadkins]

Outpost Firewall Pro. ;D

[Larry38]

I use Zone Alarm Free.

[Sonap]

I use McAfee Personall FireWall. Free full Version (Cracked)

[Infinity]

-{ Quote: "I use McAfee Personall FireWall. Free full Version (Cracked)" }-

LMAO FREE full version (cracked)

glad someone is at least honest around here ;D *puppy*

/edit: talking about a contradiction in terminis ...

[Yannis]

I use Zone Alarm 6.1 freeware
Bye
:)

[chrisretusn]

Outpost Firewall Pro

[Tommy]

Jetico Firewall

[starfish_001]

paid Outpost or ZA here

[Alphalutra1]

CHX-I8)

[Carver]

Somethings are important enough to be paid (firewall,AV, AT, Spam filter). The rest you can use Freeware at your discretion.

[Eldar]

At present I'm using Sunbelt Kerio 4.2.3 (paid) and I do have a license for OutPost Pro too. :)

[bigc73542]

At this time i am useing the CA eTrust personal firewall (zonealarm pro)

[joter]

I love CHX.

[Brandon]

I am using Outpost Firewall Pro ;)

[Delgado]

Used free Zone Alarm for a long time, but now switched to Look n Stop, lifetime paid licence.

:thumb: :thumb:

[nicM]

Running Kerio 2.15 for two days.

Now I know why so much people love this former version :o ...

I wish Kerio 4 can get the same Rules window, and rule edition prompt mode on-the-fly, one day: Current Kerio 4.2 with theses Kerio 2's rules features would be the best firewall ever in my opinion !!! :o (and dear God, why did they remove it in V. 4 :ouch: - Rules are ways more obvious to edit in V. 2).

[GUI_Tex]

zone alarm free, although if I have the settings on high firefox doesnt attempt to connect at all or zone alarm doesnt acknowledge it.

[snowbound]

ZA+


snowbound

[marcromero]

Using Windows XP Firewall, has kept me secure since day one.

[herbalist]

Kerio 2.1.5. Couldn't ask for better, even if it did cost. Using separate HIPS, System Safety Monitor. IMO, this combination is superior to the security suites that perform both functions.
Rick

[ErikAlbert]

If I ever decide to buy a firewall, most probably it will be ZoneAlarm Pro + Router of course.
Right now, I'm using ZoneAlarm Free. My I.Q. is too low for rule-based firewalls. :'(

[Lamehand]

Kerio 2.1.5 here, just to keep an eye on outbound traffic behind the router.

Lamehand

[lifehacker]

Outpost here.

[Little Mac]

While I've used McAfee, TrendMicro, Windows, ZA, and a few others, I've got Comodo's fully free, full-version, and I really like it.:thumb:

[Tommy]

I am using Jetico 2 Beta 10 and will for sure buy the license as soon as it is available.

[King FN Kong]

tiny, which is one heluva firewall. too bad havent seen no updates. and kerio free on a lowend test pc.

[YeOldeStonecat]

Updating mine...from business grade RV082 router..to..

...Endian...it's a linux based security appliance, running NAT, deep SPI, Snort IDS, ClamAV, several anti-spam as an application level transparenty proxy. Wonderfully powerful.

Free download, open source, just take any mid to upper range P3 from the junkpile.

[cthorpe]

I use Jetico version 1 on the home PC, and running WinXP's firewall on my wife's laptop.

[twl845]

I am happily using Comodo Personal Firewall. Free ;D

[Toby75]

I've been using Comodo Free Firewall for a few days now and really like it. It's easy to use and understand and I like the GUI. It hasn't slowed my system down much at all...that's always a :thumb:

[marcromero]

-{ Quote: "Using Windows XP Firewall, has kept me secure since day one." }-

Now using the internet intrusion protection that comes with NAV 2007.

[incursari]

I’m using CHX-I V.3 + Blackice now and Tiny Firewall Pro 6.5.126 on another computer.

[strangequark]

Behind a router for inbound and free ZA to stop any sneaky stuff going home