What's the best firewall?

[saugatak]

Would had voted for Sygate if it wasn't for Symantec taking it other.

That's why I use the last version before it was taken over. v5.5. Hasn't failed me yet. Except for that time the Ms. clicked Yes on something while I was in the bathroom.

Latest version I believe was 5.6.2808.0 which I have

[ronin2040]

Do you really need a firewall if you are behind a router?

Depends on how paranoid you are. I always recommend one regardless of the router, because of forwarded ports or *shudders* UPnP.

Not as much a paranoia , having a software firewall (besides hardware) eliminates potential threats and applications an administrator does not want accessing the net. Hardware firewalls can only block by a series of ports , where as a software firewall blocks on a physical level.

For a normal home user a simple firewall will do , and will prevent a significant amount of malicious threats , that some hardware firewalls do not detect.

cough...Im pretty sure that Cisco PIXes are capable of application level filtering, as well as being a stateful layer 3 firewall...some hardware firewalls specialize in IDS and have signature databases (pretty sure PIX does this too, but maybe not the lower end models)....

I wouldnt brush off the security offered by a REAL hardware firewall. Theres a reason PIXes are used in big businesses...

[butman0]

Windows Firewall.

It is enough for me.

[Jeremy]

Too bad it is so common that it is easily exploited, go figure as it is built into Windows.

[netabc]

ZoneAlarm

but i didn't used any firewall~

[unrealhippie]

Nulled, couldnt call it! Edited February 20, 2006 by unrealhippie

[jaclaz]

Looky here, this one must be tested too:
[url="http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=68523&hl=firewall"]http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...523&hl=firewall[/url]

jaclaz

[DigeratiPrime]

[quote name='jaclaz' post='470375' date='Feb 25 2006, 09:08 AM']Looky here, this one must be tested too:
[url="http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=68523&hl=firewall"]http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...523&hl=firewall[/url]

jaclaz[/quote]

hey jaclaz i was just going to post about that here. I'd like to hear some feedback from the people who try this.