Which personal firewall do you like the best ?

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Which personal firewall do you like the best ?

  1. Zone Alarm

    68 vote(s)
    22.9%

  2. Outpost

    75 vote(s)
    25.3%

  3. Kerio

    29 vote(s)
    9.8%

  4. Look'n'Stop

    33 vote(s)
    11.1%

  5. Norton Personal Firewall

    4 vote(s)
    1.3%

  6. Sygate

    43 vote(s)
    14.5%

  7. i like many, i don't know

    10 vote(s)
    3.4%

  8. other firewall

    35 vote(s)
    11.8%
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  1. LowWaterMark

    LowWaterMark Administrator

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    Right, basically all the items that are extras in ZAP over ZA+ can be classified as Privacy related. Many people don't believe these functions belong in a firewall, so Zone Labs released ZA+ without all those.

    ZA+ still has the component level applications controls (to fight outbound leaks), advanced firewall and program configurations, experts rules and the extra email controls like ZAP, but which aren't included in ZAF.

    I used ZA+ for a year, on just a ZA+ license, but when 4.0 came out I bought a 2-year ZAP license. Interestingly enough, I leave the Privacy controls mostly disabled except when testing sites, so I'm really only using the ZA+ feature set.
     
    LowWaterMark, Jan 2, 2004
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  2. gkweb

    gkweb Expert Firewall Tester

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    50 !

    still few poll, but keep growing my lovely poll :D
     
    gkweb, Jan 13, 2004
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  3. Acadia

    Acadia Registered Member

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    I like LooknStop but I am inexperienced with Firewalls. I have only ever used LNS and Norton Internet Security which I also liked. LNS is a bit confusing for me (that means it's probably easy to use) but with Phantom's support here at Wilder's it was very easy to setup (and for me, THAT'S saying something) and has behaved perfectly. :cool:

    Acadia
     
    Acadia, Jan 13, 2004
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  4. bigc73542

    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    I have tried most of the firewalls available Over the years. I have finally stayed with mcafee 4.0. It has intrusion detection very good networking options ip blocking that actually works I like the visual trace option also. And to those that it matters to it is a full stealth firewall. And it is one of only three personal firewalls certifed by ICSA The other two are norton personal and ezTrust armor firewall. ;) I also run a hardware firewall.
     
    bigc73542, Jan 13, 2004
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  5. manOFpeace

    manOFpeace Registered Member

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    I like ZA. Once set I never have to go near it again. Tried Kerio for a while but the rules near done my head in. Had a very short relationship with Outpost, same again, so back to ZA and am staying there although still on 3.7.211. I even understand it. :D
     
    manOFpeace, Jan 14, 2004
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  6. little eagle

    little eagle Registered Member

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    o_Owhy would there be a difference between the pro and free version if the idea is to get you to try it and buy it it seams like they would be the same :eek:
     
    little eagle, Jan 15, 2004
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  7. Sumire

    Sumire Registered Member

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    As for the software firewall, I personally like Zone Alarm Pro. I also think there is a big difference between free and pro version. But if combined with SSM(System Safety Monitor), I think any software firewall listed on this polls will be a good solution.

    Best Regards
     
    Sumire, Jan 16, 2004
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  8. gkweb

    gkweb Expert Firewall Tester

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    we don't need/want any link to any test there, it is a poll of YOUR personal opinion/feeling/experience ;)
     
    gkweb, Jan 17, 2004
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  9. Firewall Tester

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    I tried ZoneAlarm Free and Pro, Sygate Free and Pro, Kerio 2.15 & 4.010, and OutPost Pro. ZoneAlarm hijacks my Rnaapp.exe. Sygate doesn't check the traffic to my local server. Kerio 2.15's interface is somewhat outdated. Kerio 4.010 is way too buggy. I haven't found problem with OutPost Pro yet. So It's my favorite so far... Well, things can change :D
     
    Firewall Tester, Jan 17, 2004
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  10. gkweb

    gkweb Expert Firewall Tester

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    good experience you have :)
     
    gkweb, Jan 17, 2004
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  11. Uguel707

    Uguel707 Graphic Artist

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    Look 'n' Stop works right well with my system (windows XP).
    It's very extensible and it allows you to stop any suspicious packets.
    It has provided a permanent and secured protection up-to-now. ;)


    Uguel
     
    Uguel707, Jan 21, 2004
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  12. the Tester

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    Outpost Pro 2.0 is good.
    It has some nice plugins.

    I prefer LooknStop 2.05 beta.
    It runs lighter and I like the features.

    Neither firewall has ever let me down.
     
    the Tester, Jan 21, 2004
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  13. NeonWizard

    NeonWizard Registered Member

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    Like Zone alarm best, tells you what software is trying to access the net, and how many hits your PC got.
     
    NeonWizard, Jan 21, 2004
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  14. solarpowered candle

    solarpowered candle Registered Member

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    I think look n stop is excellent,

    for a free one i like EZ firewall
     
    solarpowered candle, Jan 22, 2004
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  15. JayK

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    Amazing, I have never heard of a personal firewall that does exactly those functions. Must be a pretty unique firewall :D
     
    JayK, Jan 22, 2004
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  16. bigc73542

    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    He said his zonealarm notified him of pc hits and software trying to access the net. Well mcafee 4.0 firewall does this also and more. So not being the only one to do so makes it not so unique.
     
    bigc73542, Jan 22, 2004
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  17. JayK

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    You need to learn how to get a sense of humour
     
    JayK, Jan 23, 2004
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  18. gkweb

    gkweb Expert Firewall Tester

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    me too i didn't get the humor !

    may be you should think too that the language can be a shield sometimes, at least myself, english is not my native language :)
     
    gkweb, Jan 23, 2004
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  19. bigc73542

    bigc73542 Retired Moderator

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    I happen to have a very good sense of humor, when I see or hear something funny I laugh.
     
    bigc73542, Jan 23, 2004
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  20. JayK

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    Everyone laughs when he sees or hears something that strikes him as funny. But the humour impaired, seldom fails to see something that strikes him as funny of course.
     
    JayK, Jan 24, 2004
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  21. Pieter_Arntz

    Pieter_Arntz Spyware Veteran

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    Since I lack even the most remote sense of humour, I would like you all to get back on topic.

    Regards,

    Pieter
     
    Pieter_Arntz, Jan 24, 2004
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  22. Pieter_Arntz

    Pieter_Arntz Spyware Veteran

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    REMOVED: Re:Which personal firewall do you like the best ?

    REMOVED. On topic please!

    As a reminder, the topic is:

    Which personal firewall do you like the best ?
     
    Pieter_Arntz, Jan 25, 2004
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  23. Vuejade

    Vuejade Registered Member

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    Zone Alarm Pro - without question

    Jack
     
    Vuejade, Jan 28, 2004
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  24. hokhost

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    I tried a lot of them, but still I always come back to Sygate 5.5 as:
    - I don't need popups manager, thanks to Mozilla Firefox,
    - I don't need AM, thanks to SSM,
    - I don't need any secure vault to store my personal Information, I don't trust a FW safe "folder",
    - I don't understand a thing to rule making ... I wish I knew how to, but too lazy to learn, even though LnS forum seems quite informative.

    Sygate looks like the best set & forget FW, with few RAM usage.
    I just hope outbound protection will be improve as it seems to be possible.


    HD, lazy FW tester
     
    hokhost, Feb 20, 2004
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  25. richter

    richter Registered Member

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    Look 'N' Stop here. Great support in forum, a lot of features, light on resources...

    Second choice would be either Tiny PF or ZoneAlarm Pro.
     
    richter, Feb 21, 2004
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