Useful Links & Recommended Threads

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Other Firewalls Sticky Posts and Other Useful Links

Firewall Questions for beginners

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Windows Firewall
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (Guide for Vista/Win7 - two-way control)
Windows XP Firewall
Windows Firewall Overview & Tips

Free Firewalls, Addons, Utilities and IDS
List of Free Firewalls

Kerio 2.1.5
BlitzenZeus Kerio v2.x Default Replacement Rules

Zone Alarm
Zone Alarm - Resetting Intrusion Counts
Zone Alarm Plus/Pro Program Options (Updated for ZAP v4.0)
No Log Pings/Worms

Customizing Firewall Rules
System Wide Rules
Global Permit/Block Rules
Application Rules
Final Block Rules

Ports/Services, Protocols, IP's and RFC's
IANA Assignments - Port Numbers
IANA Assignments - Protocol Numbers
IANA Assignments - ICMP Parameters
IANA - Special Use Addresses
RFC Editor Homepage
Dave's Port Reference
Internet Protocol Numbers

Intrusion/Port Scanning Trends
Internet Storm Center

Leak Tests
Firewall Leak Tester + leaktest paper
Another Vulnerability Demonstrator

Other Useful Links
Tassie's Tests/Tutorials/Topics/Tips Sites
Protecting Your Privacy & Security on a Home PC

Vendor Forums
Kerio User Discussion Board
LooknStop Firewall Forum
McAfee Support Forums
nVidia nForce Motherboard (firewall) Forum
Outpost Firewall User's Support Forum
Zone Labs User Forum
Jetico Personal Firewall
Avira
avast!
Symantec - Norton
Bitdefender
Kaspersky
ESET
Online Armor - Emsisoft
F-Secure
Panda
Sunbelt - VIPRE - GFI
Dr.Web
Comodo
AVG
Sophos
Ad-Aware - Lavasoft
Norman
Trend Micro
Quick Heal
BullGuard

Hardware Routers/Firewalls
SmallNetBuilder
Hardware Router Need To Know 2006
LAN & WAN Basics

Practically Networked
Backgrounders
Firewall
Wireless Networking Backgrounder

Firewall Certifications
ICSA Labs - Firewalls

Microsoft Resources
Microsoft Safety & Security Center
Microsoft Security Newsletter for Home Users
Microsoft Download Notifications
Microsoft TechNet Security

Other Resources
Security Focus Articles Note: Security Focus has been bought by Symantec
Home User Security: Your First Defense
Home User Security: Personal Firewalls

Learning Threads (threads by users for users)
How to set optimum settings in ZA Pro?
How to Optimize Security in Comodo V 2.4.18.184-Learning Thread 2
How to Optimize Security in Kerio 2.1.5 -Learning Thread 3
Hints on using Online Armor FW-a Learning Thread 4
Jetico making me crazy.