Hey is there a trustworthy free firewall software?
Dara
Firewall? how do I get it?
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, Jul 14 2004 09:06 AM
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Posted 14 July 2004 - 09:06 AM
John 8:12 - Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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Doctor J
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Posted 14 July 2004 - 09:12 AM
ZoneAlarm offers a decent free firewall, though its becoming a little bloated (do not activate its anti-virus monitoring, & dont touch the Ebay password thing). It is very user friendly, if you are more technically inclined, Kerio v.2 is highly regarded around here.
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Posted 14 July 2004 - 09:32 AM
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Posted 14 July 2004 - 01:41 PM
KPF rev2.15 is good. It takes more "tweaking" to get it set up than Zone alarm. ZA just works, "straight out of the box!"
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Posted 14 July 2004 - 04:36 PM
Hey, I installed Kerio Firewall and could not get online. Is there something I need to do to use the firewall and get online/ i had to uninstall to get online.
Dara
Dara
John 8:12 - Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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Posted 21 July 2004 - 11:59 AM
Rules-based firewalls (and any corporate/digithead grade firewall) will stop any and all traffic when first installed. If you don't know about firewall rules, download and install the free version of ZoneAlarm instead. It is is much easier to use by folks that aren't firewall literate, as it has a pretty good out-of-the-box configuration.
