Best firewall?

[slate_leeper]

I've been using Sygate Pro, but it continually causes me problems.
This morning, for example, it insisted on blocking Outlook Express,
which I have been using daily. Removing the program from the
applications list and allowing Sygate to find it again worked last
time this happened. This time I had to delete ALL applications before
it would allow Outlook Express again.

SO, and I know the question has been asked before, what is the best
free firewall program that allows custom blocking rules and does not
contain the word "zone" in it?

Or is there one that is worth the money to license?

-dan z-


"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the
animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel
nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest
lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
.... Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)

[Kerry Brown]

It's an old argument but using a firewall to try to close the barn door once
there's a fire in the barn is next to impossible. Any software firewall can
be compromised in XP if you run with administrator privileges so why bother
with a firewall that trys to monitor outbound traffic?

--
Kerry Brown

slate_leeper wrote:
> I've been using Sygate Pro, but it continually causes me problems.
> This morning, for example, it insisted on blocking Outlook Express,
> which I have been using daily. Removing the program from the
> applications list and allowing Sygate to find it again worked last
> time this happened. This time I had to delete ALL applications before
> it would allow Outlook Express again.
>
> SO, and I know the question has been asked before, what is the best
> free firewall program that allows custom blocking rules and does not
> contain the word "zone" in it?
>
> Or is there one that is worth the money to license?
>
> -dan z-
>
>
> "If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude
> better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in
> peace. We ask not your counsel
> nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your
> chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were
> our countrymen." ... Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)

[cmsix]

How did you get Sygate Pro without paying for it? I'd just like to
know how I missed that trick. I always had to use the free version.

The rest is a surprise to me. I've been using the free version for
over a year and have never had one problem with it.

cmsix

"slate_leeper" <bycy-r0bj@spamex.com> wrote in message
news:k9h6l2lblq6jdgrajel1s62vvbf75ad891@4ax.com...
> I've been using Sygate Pro, but it continually causes me problems.
> This morning, for example, it insisted on blocking Outlook Express,
> which I have been using daily. Removing the program from the
> applications list and allowing Sygate to find it again worked last
> time this happened. This time I had to delete ALL applications
> before
> it would allow Outlook Express again.
>
> SO, and I know the question has been asked before, what is the best
> free firewall program that allows custom blocking rules and does not
> contain the word "zone" in it?
>
> Or is there one that is worth the money to license?
>
> -dan z-
>
>
> "If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude
> better than the
> animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not
> your counsel
> nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May
> your chains rest
> lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our
> countrymen."
> ... Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)

[Ze Muffinman]

Why are you apposed to firewalls with the word "zone" in it?
(For everyone else: yes, I DO know what she meant, don't talk to me.)


slate_leeper wrote:
> I've been using Sygate Pro, but it continually causes me problems.
> This morning, for example, it insisted on blocking Outlook Express,
> which I have been using daily. Removing the program from the
> applications list and allowing Sygate to find it again worked last
> time this happened. This time I had to delete ALL applications before
> it would allow Outlook Express again.
>
> SO, and I know the question has been asked before, what is the best
> free firewall program that allows custom blocking rules and does not
> contain the word "zone" in it?
>
> Or is there one that is worth the money to license?
>
> -dan z-
>
>
> "If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the
> animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel
> nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest
> lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
> ... Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)

[slate_leeper]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:55:36 -0600, "cmsix" <cmsix@storiesonline.org>
wrote:

>How did you get Sygate Pro without paying for it? I'd just like to
>know how I missed that trick. I always had to use the free version.
>

I paid for the pro version. That's why I would be willing to pay a
reasonable amount for another one that works as well or better.


>The rest is a surprise to me. I've been using the free version for
>over a year and have never had one problem with it.
>

I never had these problems either, until I moved to the country and
had to sign up for satellite service for the internet. I don't know if
that really has anything to do with it, but the first time I had to
allow Sygate to re-find Outlook Express was immediately after the
satellite was hooked up.

I have also noticed other minor things, such as Sygate asking me to OK
a change in executable for an updated program days after the update
had taken place and after the changed executable had been used many
times.

BTW, GRC's port probe says ALL my ports are open except port 80, which
is stealthed.

-dan z-


"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the
animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel
nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest
lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
.... Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)

[slate_leeper]

On 9 Nov 2006 08:13:11 -0800, "Ze Muffinman"
<EverybodyScanNow@gmail.com> wrote:

>Why are you apposed to firewalls with the word "zone" in it?
>(For everyone else: yes, I DO know what she meant, don't talk to me.)
>

Had ZA a while back. Decided to uninstall it, using ZA's uninstall.
It hijacked my browser. The only page I could see, regardless of what
URL I typed or clicked on, was a page telling me that I had to go to
ZA and download a new version. Took me a while to find the dll file ZA
left behind to cause this. My frantic emails to ZA were not answered
for four days. Then they told me to reinstall it.

No ZA for me again, thanks.

-dan z-


"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the
animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel
nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest
lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."
.... Samuel Adams, (1722-1803)

[Kayman]

slate_leeper asked:

"...what is the best free firewall program that allows custom blocking rules
and does not contain the word "zone" in it? "
---
Opinions are personal beliefs or judgments that are not founded on proof or
certainty.
Be careful, after all it's *your* computer.
Have a look at http://www.firewallleaktester.com/tests_overview.php before
making further assumptions about the effectiveness of free firewalls. Press
the "view results" button at the bottom and look at how free and other
personal "firewalls" perform especially with regards to outbound control.

The *best* may not be free.

Good luck