Simple question, what's the best firewall available?
Free or not.
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Anonymous2006-05-24 1:23
I'm using the SP1 firewall. Quiet and does its job. I'm still on SP1 and I have yet to be infected with malware. Just forward the ports and it's set. I also installed AdWatch just in case but I never hear from it unless it wants an update.
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Anonymous2006-05-24 2:13
for windows :
i like netlimiter 2 pro, i use it now, that and peerguardian 2 which is great for blocking large ip ranges.
i tried tdifw but it crashed on me and was a bitch to configure
i used to use zonealarm but it caused connection problems with my gf's dsl modem/router
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Anonymous2006-05-24 2:44
I HAVE HARDWARE FILEWARR IN ME ROUTER I NEVER LET ANYTHING IN LOL
>>10 Which means that it's free of GNU/Tossers; and that can ONLY be a Good Thing(tm)!
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Anonymous2006-05-24 19:45
BSD can GTFO.
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Anonymous2006-05-24 20:36
For Windows users who enjoy their privacy or whose operating system may not be "genuine", a process-based firewall (as opposed to a nat router) is EXTREMELY useful not for protecting from external attacks, but for keeping tabs on processes (such as Windows itself) and what they are trying to connect to.
Netlimiter 2 Pro operates like Zonealarm in that regard; when a new program tries to connect, it gives you an opportunity to allow it or block it from within. That's what I like. And it doesn't seem to slow down my connection like I've seen Zonealarm do with boardband.
If the CCC-Chaosday wasn't just in german...
They showed a 25-lines-of-code program which can easily bypass any personal firewall (Zone Alarm, Kerio, Norton, whatever).
open has all these modified programs that just make it slower getting proper security updates, plus netbsd will run on almost anything you have lying around
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Anonymous2006-05-26 17:41
NetBSD runs on my watch
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Anonymous2006-05-27 6:09
>>25
As far as I'm aware of, any platform that the two share, OpenBSD is more secure on it. NetBSD may be faster (it certainly beats FreeBSD), but speed isn't something you need on your router! ;)
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Anonymous2006-05-27 6:31 (sage)
>>27 but speed isn't something you need on your router!
Uh, yes. Yes it is.
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Anonymous2006-05-27 7:03
I've seen routers go DO NOT WANT with just one eMule instance. They were not PCs though, but cheap Ethernet-xDSL routers.
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Anonymous2006-05-27 7:09
no it's not. my p100 openbsd router/firewall had no problems with a 10mbit connection at full saturation with people running torrents and whatnot. speed is irrelevant