StarchyPizza Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 What is the best firewall out there for Windows Xp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vector Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 What is the best firewall out there for Windows Xp? why not just use windows firewall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 What is the best firewall out there for Windows Xp? the firewall in the router is generally more than enough and best of all, it doesn't slow windows down like a software firewall would Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarchyPizza Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 really? I've always heard that it wasn't good to just have the windows firewall as it isn't that great and it leaves you open to attacks. But I guess if you are safe with your internet usage you'll be fine But I am also on a laptop so if I ever plug directly into a modem there wouldn't be one in the router Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xarf Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Check out Sygate Personal Firewall, it's free and effective for managing which apps have inbound/outbound network access. Also the amount of system resources it uses are tiny, un-noticeable. Aside from a SW firewall you should have a HW firewall in your router to plain stop all inbound connections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DABIGHURT Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 What is the best firewall out there for Windows Xp? i have grown to like monowall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesartwell Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Try ZoneAlarm. Used to use it before I switched to the Ubuntu world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarchyPizza Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 yeah i had zone alarm and it supposidly bogs down the system a little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sablefoxx Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Smooth Wall / Router + Windows Firewall (or ufw for ubuntu) is all you need, if you have a router you don't need a fancy software firewall, just something basic like the one included with the os. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 The theory is that the best firewall is one the one that comes with, and is part of, the operating system. This is certainly true for Linux and (kind of) BSD. In terms of performance for Windows the built in (and aptly named) "Windows Firewall" is the best, it's just very featureless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartynX95 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 You should try ZoneAlarm. Workes fine of xp and vista. Totialy free. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machstorm Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 If you are up to actually setting up a firewall you could try Checkpoint: http://www.checkpoint.com/products/firewall-1/index.html One more thing that I should add is that Checkpoint is NOT cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarchyPizza Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Yeah and I also saw an episode of system were they took a very old box and put ipcop on it and their main firewall that the other computers connect too so the other computers don't need a firewall and can run faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
still learning Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Comodo firewall, i used to use zonealarm but it sucks and yes with windows you will need the built in windows firewall plus another one linux is a different story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderboy Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Just out of personal experience I would only use WinXP firewall if you have a hardware firewall in front of it. The default WinXP firewall is a unidirectional firewall that only monitors inbound traffic. This seems ok unless the client gets compromised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 try not using a firewall ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMilton Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Windows Firewall works fine and is easy to configure.But if you have a router, configuring both would be the best option for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarbizkit Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 if you have a spare machine lying around you might want to check out untangle. it is pretty decent not to mention free. you also need to understand that just a plain router is NOT a firewall. If your router does not have firewall software installed on it, you are only going to benefit from the nat of the router. You should also understand that a firewall is only as good as the rules that you have setup on it. an example would be... on some firewalls, you can add many specific inbound and outbound rules. depending on the firewall, these rules can conflict and you might leave yourself vulnerable. for the most part an average user will be fine with a decent software firewall and behind a nat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X3N Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 pf is best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 The Best Firewall ? As far as software is considered I would recommend Checkpoint it is the best software firewall period but you gotta pay but if your looking for a free firewall then get Comodo Firewall As Far as Hardware is considered I would recommend Astaro Router firewall (built in) is decent but I feel that the more protection the better :) Monowall ? Never used it , but googled it and 'A free embedded firewall software package based on FreeBSD' that right there tils me it is probably good Windows Firewall ? Honestly, that is a joke ZoneAlarm, is good but the problem with Zonealarm like Windows is that is has been known to get easily bypassed it just to bit risky Smoothwall is good Sygate Personal Firewall is decent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xC0FF33 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Try this one. It's the best I know... You can configure it to be very secure... http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinky Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 pf is best A port of PF to windows http://force.coresecurity.com/index.php?mo...&page=about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeturnus Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 What is the best firewall out there for Windows Xp? Concerned with just your own personal browsing? Just use the Windows one. Windows XP SP3 is pretty well locked down anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 The best firewall is a security conscious, intelligent, investigative, and attentive person. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarCa Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 hey could u tell how to know whether i have a firewall in my router????? its ISPs router plz replyy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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