What firewall do you use and why?

Printable View

04-12-2011, 06:13 PM
Frankthetank1

What firewall do you use and why?

What firewall do you use and why?
I heard the best ones are either your router or ones that you setup on your own. Like using windows firewall and configure it to your liking. The problem is i have no idea how to configure it. :(
04-12-2011, 06:45 PM
anon

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

My router is my firewall. Back when I used a direct connection, I ran Outpost. Great piece of software. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frankthetank1

Like using windows firewall and configure it to your liking. The problem is i have no idea how to configure it. :(

Google? :P
04-12-2011, 06:50 PM
Frankthetank1

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

Yea but on what to block for torrenting and other such activities. Also which ports to close.
04-12-2011, 06:57 PM
anon

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frankthetank1

Yea but on what to block for torrenting and other such activities.

I only had to disable detection for the "short fragments" attack as that caused a lot of false positives.

Quote:

Also which ports to close.

Everything but the ones you're using.
04-12-2011, 07:20 PM
Frankthetank1

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

I'll try this when I get home... Wish me luck

Thanks
04-12-2011, 08:49 PM
Expeto

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

why to use a firewall?

basicly to make sure your computer does not speak to strangers...
04-12-2011, 09:51 PM
rdtphd

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

http://www.pfsense.org/ how serious do you want to be?
04-12-2011, 10:57 PM
Frankthetank1

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

yeah no clue how to use linux
04-13-2011, 02:12 AM
rdtphd

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

many i dare say most routers are running linux. so u are using it even if u dont know it most likely. its funnnn
04-13-2011, 02:14 AM
Frankthetank1

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

i dont have a router...
04-13-2011, 02:14 AM
Gorbux

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

I use Avast because its both free and pretty awesome!
04-13-2011, 02:16 AM
Frankthetank1

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

avast is really an antivirus...
04-13-2011, 02:32 AM
anon

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

Quote:

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frankthetank1

avast is really an antivirus...

They had some sort of security suite with a firewall, if I remember correctly.
04-13-2011, 02:38 AM
rdtphd

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

Quote:

Originally Posted by anon-sbi

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

lol. thats little different than setting up ur modem or router.
04-13-2011, 12:42 PM
justinius23

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

comodo. free and has never let me down.

also use their anti-virus.
04-13-2011, 03:12 PM
itrush07

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

Interesting question.. So if I use router as my firewall, what router are you guys going to recommend?
04-13-2011, 04:11 PM
anon

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

Quote:

Originally Posted by itrush07

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

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.
04-14-2011, 10:56 AM
iLOVENZB

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

IPCOp? I'm sure there's a Windows port somewhere.
04-14-2011, 05:47 PM
Frankthetank1

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

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
04-16-2011, 10:54 PM
huserou

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

ESET security suite becuase thay have the best av and it's came with reasonable firewall.
04-19-2011, 04:50 PM
Krik

Re: What firewall do you use and why?

comodo. free and has never let me down.