A good easy to use firewall

[Bob D]

Originally Posted by Vettetech

Just tried Webroot Firewall. Ugly and dumb GUI. Stick with Online Armor.

Well, it appears some prefer style over substance.

Is Online Armor out of line?
I thought it was a "set it and forget it" firewall.

[Hairy Coo]

Originally Posted by mercurie

I am researching both Firewalls as possible choices for PC 2, would you like to add something else.... more useful. Such postings do irritate me as well. Really I'm not picking at you tell me if there is something you think I would need to know.

This guy is incapable of writing anything except irritating one-liners

Anyway,may I give a potted judgement-both are possibly equally effective as regards absolute security,who knows?

Both have excellent reputations.

The main difference as far as usage is concerned is that the Webroot HIPS is much '"noisier" than the OA one,in keeping with the OA philosophy of having minimum alerts. As Ohm said,its more a set and forget style.

Therefore if the 2nd computer is going to be used by a novice-would suggest OA-otherwise suggest you try both and see which is more comfortable for you.

You will notice a different style of firewall-Webroot feels more 'technical'

[firzen771]

does webroot firewall have a HIPS built into it? cause i dont need a firewall with built in HIPS

[bellgamin]

Originally Posted by Hairy Coo

You will notice a different style of firewall-Webroot feels more 'technical'

Webroot has SPI. Does OA? Do both Webroot & OA work with Vista?

[Vettetech]

All I can say is try it yourself. I am using OA and like it. I was using ZA and comodo which both have a better GUI. Outpost is very nice also.

[Hairy Coo]

Originally Posted by bellgamin

Webroot has SPI. Does OA? Do both Webroot & OA work with Vista?

Thanks,Bellgamin-forgot about these

[Hairy Coo]

Originally Posted by Vettetech

All I can say is try it yourself. I am using OA and like it. I was using ZA and comodo which both have a better GUI. Outpost is very nice also.

Why is a GUI so important?

Its what is underneath thats counts.

Next you'll say you dont like the color.

Once again you are only giving your own subjective opinions.You should get used to saying "In my opinion"

For example I prefer the Webroot GUI to ZA-but who cares -its really trivial.

Free Outpost is supposed to be a bit of a disaster.

[bellgamin]

Originally Posted by Hairy Coo

Thanks,Bellgamin-forgot about these

So Hairy.... somebody... anyone... please answer my questions.

[Hairy Coo]

Sorry Bellgamin-I thought you were making a statement:

Regarding Webroot ,I can only go by PrivateFirewall specs; which state it contains;

"Advanced packet filtering – Proprietary stateful packet inspection technology monitors all communication ---".

Really dont know for sure about OA vaguely remember that it doesnt,nor does it have Vista capability,which WDF has.

[MikeNash]

Originally Posted by Bob D

Well, it appears some prefer style over substance.

Hey, are you accusing our GUI of having STYLE

That's gotta be a first

@Bellgamin - OA does not, sadly, support Vista yet - but we have slowly started to have a look at this.

As for SPI, I think it's been discussed before and the short answer is:

State Table - yes
Packet inspection - no.

As always, we have plans to improve in areas where we are lacking.

[chaos16]

zonealarm pro is not vista compatible so i will use the free version for now

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by chaos16

zonealarm pro is not vista compatible so i will use the free version for now

Sure it is.
http://www.zonealarm.com/store/conte...u_list_zap.jsp
On the right hand side of the page click on system requirements.
It's Vista (32 bit) compatible.

[chaos16]

i did and it says only zonealaram free, zonealarm security suite and zonealarm antivirus is vista compatible.

Zonealarm pro is not

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by chaos16

i did and it says only zonealaram free, zonealarm security suite and zonealarm antivirus is vista compatible.

Zonealarm pro is not

Sorry...I missed that the first read.