H@L0_F00 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 are you sure it's a router and not modem? Routers usually have a pretty reliable firewall when configured correctly. Modems do not have firewalls. Do you know the name, make, and/or model? (Belkin, Linksys, Netgear, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLuNK Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 hey could u tell how to know whether i have a firewall in my router????? its ISPs router plz replyy Just wait let me roll a dice.. Hmm.. Yes you do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psydT0ne Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 yep smoothwall FTW Also...you could try the free edition of Clark Connect which has a lot of other cool functions as well as being a firewall. http://www.clarkconnect.com/downloads/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLuNK Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I'll recommend again using IPtables on a Linux based machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarCa Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 hey thnks for tat info ill do more research on ittt then come back again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0der3d Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Enable the firewall on your router as well as the default WinXP. That should prevent most viruses entering your network, but most PC's are infected from trusted people coming to your network. Like friend's plugging into your network with infected PCs or giving you a thumbdrive thats infected. I would recommend you get a good anti-virus and backup your data regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLuNK Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Just because you have 1365 TCP available doesn't mean there's a service listening on there. Even if there is, it doesn't mean a "hacker" can just gain access to the service/system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pender Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I think Jetico Personal v 1.0 is the best free Firewall for Windows XP. http://www.firewallleaktester.com/ http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-challenge/ I use it, it is a little crude but effective - a lot of popups in learning mode. Uses only about 6MB each of RAM and VM. Be sure to check "Save Firewall Rules of Exit" in the settings or none of your exceptions will be saved. Zone Alarm, Windows XP SP2 firewall fail miserably. For free, COmodo does well too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-S-B Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Hardware firewalls aren't expensive and provide other functionality like VPN plus it means all your network is protected by it. Check out the Watchguard range. You can pick up their smaller units for very little and they all run linux. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny190 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 for a easily configured firewall i am talking drag and drop simple astaro is the most effective for a home user :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhostbudd Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Comodo is by far the best software firewall I've used. For a hardware firewall, I would go with smoothwall or dd-wrt on routers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoZHx Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 If you actually know what your doing you dont need this extra firewall software... Windows Firewall Config your Standard Windows Firewall Go to your Advanced Firewall in Vista / W7 and create your inbound and outbound rules.. If your in XP just go to your IP Filter and block all ports except for the one's use ofc Router Firewall Depending on how advance your firewall on router is just block all ports except for one you use Hardware Firewall If you feel you need extra security for your systems then you could buy hardware firewall it wont come cheap but you'll have alot more protection against attacks such as DDoS / DoS etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 If you actually know what your doing you dont need this extra firewall software... Windows Firewall Config your Standard Windows Firewall Go to your Advanced Firewall in Vista / W7 and create your inbound and outbound rules.. If your in XP just go to your IP Filter and block all ports except for the one's use ofc Router Firewall Depending on how advance your firewall on router is just block all ports except for one you use Hardware Firewall If you feel you need extra security for your systems then you could buy hardware firewall it wont come cheap but you'll have alot more protection against attacks such as DDoS / DoS etc So are you just randomly posting to old ass threads today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 I like the ESET Smart Security firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H@L0_F00 Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Unplug the 8P8C (RJ45 is the incorrect, common name. Betcha didn't know that.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoZHx Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 So are you just randomly posting to old ass threads today? I think answer to that question is pretty obvious...I wouldnt quite say random wasnt it? Most of you here posting crap like you don't need it when you actually create very protected policies within windows default installed software So when im only keeping few ports such as port 80, 21 etc blocking the rest Do you think you need all this extra firewall software? If your honest about it your answer is no... Unless your worried about DDoS / DoS / Syn Attacks etc Yet again there is some simple protection within windows to prevent these ways again but not as effective as Hardware Firewalls and "some" Firewall software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Cyberoam make a firewall that's fairly priced and provides stateful and deep packet inspection among other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webhostbudd Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Okay PoZHx, most people probably don't need more than the default firewalls in the operating systems and router. But, if you are downloading somewhat sketchy software often enough, it is nice to have a good firewall to block outgoing connections, which all windows firewalls do a pretty crappy job with. A good antivirus helps aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catchyanow Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 COMODO FIREWALL! Wins hands down any day! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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