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AweShucks · 29-03-04, 07:41 AM

First off if someone wanted decent protection I would never suggest a software firewall. Decent protection can be provided much better by a hardware firewall

If you want OK protection or are only worried about outgoing data then a software firewall is by choice the best and cheapest.

I use Sygate Pro on one PC and Kerio 2.1.5 on my other 2 only because it is lighter on the resources. All Pc's are behind a NAT router so outbound is my only real concern. Software only serves as cleanup for what the router lets through for incoming.

Sygate has much better outbound detection than Kerio 2.1.5 and can pass both these tests where Kerio cannot.

http://keir.net/download/firehole.exe

http://www.pcinternetpatrol.com/downloads/pcaudit.exe

Running 2 firewalls is like using 2 umbrellas don't bother!Typically one will run on top of the other and the second will do nothing but eat up PC ram and resources. If the second firewall catches something the first one is junk anyway just get a better firewall then

CORRUPTERBUSTER I don't mean to i put you down in anyway here but......... If you really think Norton is keeping you secure and you are as paranoid as you seem to be "from other posts I've read" you best unhook your modem right now

Rule #1 .............nothing is ever secure if a hacker wants to get in he will get in! There are companies and even governments that spend thousands of dollars on security firewalls and devices and still get hacked on a regular basis

BTW: The last I knew the free version of Zone Alarm did not cover the entire port range. I'm pretty sure at one time it left the upper port range open. Not sure if that has changed at all been a few years since I uninstalled it

29-03-04, 07:41 AM	#5
AweShucks Just Looking Around Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Right here!!! Posts: 341	First off if someone wanted decent protection I would never suggest a software firewall. Decent protection can be provided much better by a hardware firewall If you want OK protection or are only worried about outgoing data then a software firewall is by choice the best and cheapest. I use Sygate Pro on one PC and Kerio 2.1.5 on my other 2 only because it is lighter on the resources. All Pc's are behind a NAT router so outbound is my only real concern. Software only serves as cleanup for what the router lets through for incoming. Sygate has much better outbound detection than Kerio 2.1.5 and can pass both these tests where Kerio cannot. http://keir.net/download/firehole.exe http://www.pcinternetpatrol.com/downloads/pcaudit.exe Running 2 firewalls is like using 2 umbrellas don't bother!Typically one will run on top of the other and the second will do nothing but eat up PC ram and resources. If the second firewall catches something the first one is junk anyway just get a better firewall then CORRUPTERBUSTER I don't mean to i put you down in anyway here but......... If you really think Norton is keeping you secure and you are as paranoid as you seem to be "from other posts I've read" you best unhook your modem right now Rule #1 .............nothing is ever secure if a hacker wants to get in he will get in! There are companies and even governments that spend thousands of dollars on security firewalls and devices and still get hacked on a regular basis BTW: The last I knew the free version of Zone Alarm did not cover the entire port range. I'm pretty sure at one time it left the upper port range open. Not sure if that has changed at all been a few years since I uninstalled it __________________ "What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms." - Thomas Jefferson