bent240LV Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 was wondering what firewall is better overall sygate or windows? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest helloimtim Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 Sygate forsure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 None, get a HARDWARE FIREWALL (ROUTER) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bent240LV Posted May 9, 2005 Author CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 im getting a router with my vonage service does that count? its no wireless though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 It will most likely have a HARDWARE firewall (NAT, SPI, etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 peepnklown not every one is rich u know hehe dont know much about firewalls im sorry but i wouldnt trust the windows one, look at their operating system not the best is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 Wired Routers are only around $30 (most of them on the retail side have firewalls) He is already getting a router anyway. I disagree, Windows XP PRO is quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 disagree its quiet ok but still the 80/20 rules they spend 100% of the time to make 80% of the program running to get rid of the other 20% of the flaws now they need to spend another 100% of the time which most companies never spend that extra unless its for banking system, critical stuff that cant fail but windows fails a lot !!! well some its better then before i agree. but not good enough yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 I wouldn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 Sticking to the subject.... Anyone i know will tell you how much i hate F*U%&^$67789898 firewalls.. But sygate has to be the best iv ever used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azag Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 I agree with everything peepnklown said. I couldn't have said it better. Hardware firewalls are much better and I think most software firewalls I've tested are mostly alot of bells and whistles to lull the end-user into a sense of false security and make them believe it is doing something important/useful but many software firewalls can be killed, tunneled, DoS'd, flooded, exploited, ect. so don't think that your safe and secure cause your not. As for Microsoft's built-in firewall that is a simplistic gimmick and a total piece of crap and personally I wouldn't recommend it to anyone except my worst enemies.. But if you want a software firewall to add to ur hardware firewall then try Sygate Pro or Tiny Firewall if you must. I tend towards Tiny Firewall since it uses Snort rule sets or a rip of them anyway. Peace, Azag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted May 9, 2005 CID Share Posted May 9, 2005 does anybody use Outpost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted May 12, 2005 CID Share Posted May 12, 2005 Zone Alarm Pro is the shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorne Posted May 12, 2005 CID Share Posted May 12, 2005 Sorry man but ZA is the worst firewall out there. I have tested every software firewall i could get my hands on extensively, being that i am a security nut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted May 12, 2005 CID Share Posted May 12, 2005 I use Sygate,but I also use spyware blaster.Lavasoft ,AVG.SpybotS&D,Stinger & CW Shredder& some system & registry cleaners.But my system usually tests clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull481 Posted May 12, 2005 CID Share Posted May 12, 2005 Sorry man but ZA is the worst firewall out there. I have tested every software firewall i could get my hands on extensively, being that i am a security nut The 2 best were Agnitum outpost and Tiny personal firewall. Sygate is decent and ZA was so full of holes you could use it for a sieve (did i spell that right ) But yeah nothing beats a hardware firewall i tried sygate damn that sucked. also tried tried outpost, that is pretty good. zone alarm has been very good so far for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted May 12, 2005 CID Share Posted May 12, 2005 pitbull481 : 1 of the things I like about Sygate is the back trace feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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