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General Category => Software => Topic started by: tad214 on December 24, 2002, 11:08:46 AM

Title: the best
Post by: tad214 on December 24, 2002, 11:08:46 AM: hello,
does anyone have any suggestions to which is the best firewall on the market? at the time, i am useing zonealarm pro. it is ok, but it eats a lot of resources up. thanks in advance for any suggestions. i am just pacing back and forth trying to figure this out. DALE
Title: the best
Post by: rdc on December 26, 2002, 06:05:16 AM: There\'s never a best , because there\'s always better . Depends why you need it , what do you want to protect .
There will always be people getting around your firewall . There are firewalls for every purse from freeware to very expensive firewalls for business purposes . The best firewall for you will be the firewall that you use a certain time and gives you satifaction because it doesn\'t interfere to much with other applications or fits best with your OS , or shows you it stopped some people getting nosy or wanting to put a trojan on your computer .
Title: the best
Post by: Tracky110XP on December 27, 2002, 03:30:50 PM: I agree with rdc above,

But if you really want a good firewall i have always trusted hardware based firewalls such as a router or gateway. Another good option that i have heard of muyltiple times is to grab an old system, put linux or unix on there with two nics and turn that into your gateway.
Title: the best
Post by: Space Between on December 28, 2002, 01:43:38 AM: The above post is best..use a old computer.

Then run OpenBSD...you would pretty well off.
Title: the best
Post by: The_Flames on December 28, 2002, 07:09:14 PM: http://www.freesco.org/ (http://\"http://www.freesco.org/\") is quite a good option as is www.smoothwall.org

the fitrst is the better of the two in my oppinion but smoothwall is nice
Title: the best
Post by: rdc on December 29, 2002, 04:51:09 AM: I wont discus , the quality of using a linux computer for a firewall (probably a good idea), but do you really know, a guy asking for the best firewall knows something about linux .
And even if he knows something about linux doesn\'t mean he necessary knows how to setup a linux computer as a firewall .Take it from me there\'s never a best , there\'s always better , and all this depends on the client ,on what he wants , can afford , or can handle . At least in my humble opinion .
Title: the best
Post by: Guest on January 07, 2004, 08:40:33 PM: Go get a Netgear or Linksys router at best buy or what ever you have close (Comp USA ect) for $50.00 and have done with it.