What firewall do you use and why?

I use Avast because its both free and pretty awesome!

avast is really an antivirus...

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Originally Posted by rdtphd

many i dare say most routers are running linux. so u are using it even if u dont know it most likely. its funnnn

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I visit sites whose servers run on Linux... I'm using Linux without knowing it :O

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Originally Posted by Frankthetank1

avast is really an antivirus...

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They had some sort of security suite with a firewall, if I remember correctly.

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Originally Posted by anon-sbi

I visit sites whose servers run on Linux... I'm using Linux without knowing it :O

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lol. thats little different than setting up ur modem or router.

comodo. free and has never let me down.

also use their anti-virus.

Interesting question.. So if I use router as my firewall, what router are you guys going to recommend?

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Originally Posted by itrush07

Interesting question.. So if I use router as my firewall, what router are you guys going to recommend?

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http://www.firewallguide.com/

Look below "hardware firewalls". That may help.

If you want to know what we're using, I have a 3Com OfficeConnect myself and it does its job pretty well. Sadly there's no custom firmware for it that I know of. You may want to consider that before acquiring a router, because with the right hardware and FW you can turn it into a fully-featured NAS these days.

IPCOp? I'm sure there's a Windows port somewhere.

I just tried sphinx and its pretty decent. Basically It uses your existing firewall and shows u how to ise it. So It useses minamal resources

http://www.sphinx-soft.com

ESET security suite becuase thay have the best av and it's came with reasonable firewall.