Re: Personal Firewall Recommendation

"Lars M. Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:19:07 +0000 (UTC), Dave McMahon spoketh
>
> >Personal Firewall Recommendation
> >
> >I would Like to get a freeware Firewall for a personal computer I have a
> >standard 56k dial up connection I would like to use this to stoop my
> >computer being used as a e-mail repeater (got one from myself the other
> >day!!)
> >
> >I am thinking of upgrading to broadband soon will the 'wall work with the
> >different tech?
> >
> >Thanks for advice hopefully this question will help others as well,
> >surprised to see no-one else with same question!
> >
>
> Here's three suggestions:
>
> ZoneAlarm (www.zonelabs.com) - Doesn't require much knowledge of
> networking.
>
> Agnitum Outpost (www.agnitum.com) - Requires a little more from the
> user. Also does ad-blocking.
>
> Kerio Personal Firewall (www.kerio.com) - Like Outpost, it does require
> some understanding of networking. Still, easy to use, and very
> configurable.
>
>
> Lars M. Hansen
> www.hansenonline.net


Zone Alarm is no good.  It misses a lot of the attack coming in.  Install
Norton
Internet security instead.  For example it fails to warn you if someone is
trying to attack your
computer using some of the trojan horses.

The only beef I have with Norton IS is that it somestimes fail to start up
when you turn on your computer,
in that case you have to reboot the computer again until it comes on.