I am looking for a good, free, open source firewall that will run on Windows (2K/XP) with few conflicts, and can be nicely configured for inbound/outbound traffic controls and port-stealthing.
ZoneAlarm was nice for the most part, but isn't fully stable.
Any recommendations?
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Anonymous2006-08-11 4:51
doesnt exist.
Try Jetico, Outpost? Software firewalls on Windows are fucking garbage.
This is the closest you'll get to an OSS firewall - all the other projects are abandoned or worthless.. http://www.idrci.net/
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Anonymous2006-08-11 6:12
R-Firewall
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Anonymous2006-08-11 7:24
My best firewall was the Windows XP SP1 firewall. It works better than all the other firewalls I've gon through. It simply blocks all ports except the ones you allow. I've never patched XP since the installation (CD dates back to 2002) and I'm squeeky clean. Problem is, if I put it down then connect for a few seconds, I'd have more STDs than a whorehouse. I also don't have to deal with Genuinity crap.
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Anonymous2006-08-12 17:30
The only Windows software firewall worth a damn is Zone Alarm Pro. Period. Not the free version, and not anything else out there today. ZAPro is the ONLY software firewall that protects against Process Injection, Launching, Parallel Stack, Unloading, and LSP Injection attacks. Most of the others protect against some, but no others yet do them all WELL.
That said, ZAPro isn't even as good as iptables (Linux), and neither ZAPro or iptables is as good as a real hardware firewall or a dedicated Linux box running a firewall distro.
Get a good router, use it's firewall, get ZAPro (or setup a $20 Linux box running a firewall distro), install AVG or Avast!, keep up to date with OS and software, and you're about as secure as you're going to get on a Windows box.
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Anonymous2006-08-12 17:39
>That said, ZAPro isn't even as good as iptables (Linux), and neither ZAPro or iptables is as good as a real hardware firewall or a dedicated Linux box running a firewall distro.
I have a slackware box set up as a router; what would be a good firewall distribution to replace it with? (the less I have to fuck with it, the better)