"W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.com> wrote:
>What are some of the better choices (see Subject), free or commercial? Are
>there some reviews on this topic?

I like the freeware "Comodo" firewall:

http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

I do find it necessary to disable it, though, whenever I install a new program.
You can "switch to installation mode", but then it will keep nagging you if you
want to switch back. Apart from that nagging problem, it seems to work as
advertised. And it's a big improvement over previous versions of this firewall.

I don't know much about it, but I've read that a hardware firewall is supposed
to provide more security, at an added cost.

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