Firewall

[the mask]

which is the best firewall to have, i am using zone alarm pro, but have been told norton system works suite is better for all round protection. is this correct?

[Manny Roscoe]

Try Sygate Firewall.

Its free...but the professional version is not free.

[sharedholder]

Sygate

[zapjb]

Sygate here also.

[Supernode]

Outpost firewall. Got lot's of plugins.

[AndrewBarker]

Originally posted by the mask@13 February 2004 - 05:17
which is the best firewall to have, i am using zone alarm pro, but have been told norton system works suite is better for all round protection. is this correct?
I like the Nortons myself, but a lot of people on the board don't

[asmithz]

I go with Sygate


Norton over reascts to much.

[MUSLEMAN]

sygate

[Marius24]

yay another firewall despute (going to happen)

sygate :)

[phAnt0m buRn]

Is ZoneAlarm not very good?

[the mask]

let me explain, i have zone alarm pro which is excellent i think? i mean how would i know if its doing a good job? anyway just recently i have added nortons anti virus (the anti virus program only) and i think there is now a conflict between my zone alarm pro and nortons anti virus, because my pc is slightly slower. BUT a few weeks ago there was this debate in this forum about firewalls- it was a test something to do with 'pc audit'? and only 3 firewalls passed the test and 1 of them was z/a pro but the other 2 i cant remember so im thinking if it was nortons then i could just have the full nortons security suite. i hope that clears things. does anyone know anything the test im referring to? (pc audit)

[CoolMac]

Sygate

[h1]

Sygate.

[the mask]

damn, sygate seems to rock, but why is that??

[h1]

It just does. :P It blocks outbound data better than the others, and it actually does its job good. Try running FireHole or PCAudit on it. :)

[Smurfette]

Originally posted by the mask@13 February 2004 - 20:33
damn, sygate seems to rock, but why is that??
From the lack of actual reasoning by those proposing Sygate, I'd say just because it's cool to like it.

Sygate, ZA and Norton all have respected firewall solutions although the main gripe people have with Norton/Symantec products is that they eat into processor power as if that's on a tight budget with a 2Gig processor.

Personally I have NIS2003 installed and it seems to work fine but lots of people (almost everyone that installs it) has trouble setting up 2004.

Take some time to setup ZA properly and you'll be fine.

[gildan2020]

Originally posted by haxor41789@14 February 2004 - 04:59
It just does. :P It blocks outbound data better than the others, and it actually does its job good. Try running FireHole or PCAudit on it. :)
what are they for?

anyway...i prefer zone alarm pro than norton firewall...disappointed by it last time
i ran a firewall test on the norton firewall 2001 (i think) and i find out it doesn't have any damn stealth feature :angry:

however, i might try sygate someday, it seems to be everybody's favourite now :)

[Expire]

ive had norton firewall and zonealarm and tiny. but ive got sygate pro on my p.c and by the look of it it going to stay.i think it the best by far. :D

[nanotek]

i use sygate myself except that ive got an older build going as i had probs with the latest one <_<

[fred devliegher]

Started with ZoneAlarm because the university offered it on their website - I&#39;ve grown used to it and it seems to be doing it&#39;s job.
Heard nothing but praise for Sygate (and not just here) , so the choice is yours.

[DawG_M]

Sygate is the best.

[the mask]

i will try sygate i think, does anyone know if it will cause any conflicts with norton anti virus?

[sharedholder]

Originally posted by the mask@16 February 2004 - 13:44
i will try sygate i think, does anyone know if it will cause any conflicts with norton anti virus?
Nope.