Firewall Poll 2007

I think Tiny is very powerful.However, it is merged by CA.So Let's expect CA HIPs in this month.

 

Still using an old version of Sygate Personal Firewall.....if it ain't broke!!

I like it for the logs it displays.

 

I really think that Jetico is in a league of its own. Although I don't need such strong security software, I recently decided to definitely install v2 on my main rig if nothing then just for playing purposes. Exceptional piece of software IMO. I hope that it will soon come out of beta, but it is already very stable on XP as it is now. Good work.
So you can guess where I put my vote...

 

At home: Router (SPI) + Software Firewall (Incoming & Outgoing Protection)
Others: Software Firewall (Incoming & Outgoing Protection)

 

Firewall router w/ NAT & SPI + Windows Firewall. If you have advanced SPI capabilities a 3'rd party software firewall that controls outbound is useless and will just interfere.

Plus if you have an AV program on your PC with excellent active protection (i.e. KAV or Nod32)... there won't be any rootkits/malware getting onto your PC in the first place that would then send out to others.

For somebody who doesn't have a good H/W firewall and/or connects to a wireless access point... I would highly recommend Zone Alarm Pro.

 

Poll needs to be updated. What about Webroot and Online Armor. I am using Zone Alarm Anti Spyware which is far better then ZA free. Tried Comodo and its too much to handle.

 

They can be found in our 2008 Firewall Poll thread.

Firewall Poll - 2008 (Jan - Jun)

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