So I'm looking for any recommendations for a firewall that's gonna let me
play GPL, UT, CS (etc) online and that does a good job security-wise. I'd
rather use a free one, but I'd pay if the free ones aren't good enough.
Thanks in advance,
Simon.
CONSEAL www.conseaslfirewall.com
get the easiest
Zone alarm www.zonelabs.com
Both things get the pro version, and look for a crack...
| Ok, finally ordered Cable Modem (the Blueyonder service from Telewest
| (yorkshire, england) ) which will be installed in around 2 weeks, and they
| insist I use a firewall.
|
| So I'm looking for any recommendations for a firewall that's gonna let me
| play GPL, UT, CS (etc) online and that does a good job security-wise. I'd
| rather use a free one, but I'd pay if the free ones aren't good enough.
|
| Thanks in advance,
| Simon.
|
|
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I used Zonealarm for a while, but I don't bother with one now. I just check
for dodgy things going on and re-install every couple of weeks. I have no
sensitive data, so there's no worry there. If you try this, do sniff
packets going into/out of your machine ;-) Norton Ghost is also very useful
for a re-install - it means I can play around with didgy software to my
hearts content, f**k up my install and then 3 minutes later have a new OS
:-D
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If using cable-modem (or any modem) -definitely- get a firewall up
a.s.a.p! Zone-Alarm is very nice, and free too (or buy ZA
pro-version).
Still waiting for a router to arrive, but ZA does the job very well.
Hopefully you've not been hit by any code-red (or variants) yet.
If you try ZA, under "Alerts" options, mark the check-box to keep a
log (in C:\internet logs\ZALog.txt. Wait a bit, the open the log-file,
and view how much probing is being done to (try/fail) accessing your
computer (don't use the pop-up warning, it's too annoying). You should
see quite a few "port-80" probes, from users infected with code-red
(or variant virus).
Can't recommend a free one, I'm afraid, as I *bought* (shock,
horror!<g>) a copy of Norton Internet Security. VROC has no problem
with it. You can pick up a copy from www.cdromcellar.co.uk for 25.
Btw, I'm using the Blueyonder cable service too here in Bristol; I
think you'll be pleased with the difference over a phone line ;-)
Is there a reason behind this?
I don't use IIS, so code-red isn't a problem, and I also have no-one in my
address book, so I can't propogate an E-Mail virus. On a Win98 machine,
it's not a problem when you have no way of passing on a virus, and you have
no valuable data. I know it's not exactly sensible, but I do keep logs, so
if anything does go funny, I can wipe it all and start again.
I know - I can't believe people still are not applying security patches!
Madness, especially as you can go to microsoft.com and get a list of
everything you have not got.
Andy (wouldn't recommend doing this to anyone else, but works fine for me)
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Sudesh
insist I use a firewall.
Between the pay-ware or free-ware? Dunno.., I use the freeware
version (an older ZA version, v2.1.1 compared to latest v2.6). I'm
guess the pay version has many, many more features.
Matt
