zone alarm.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 22nd, 2006, 15:15

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29157

i've been saying it's evil for years.

sygate spf FTW!

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 22nd, 2006, 15:30

Sygate (Norton) gives me the FEAR because of bad press over the years. I'm evaluating PC-illin 2006 at the moment but not particularly happy with it and I wont even bother installing the free zone alarm I just installed. I guess I'll have to keep looking ...

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 22nd, 2006, 15:31

Now there's something that doesn't surprise me. I never liked zone alarm for the 10 minutes I had it installed. Mainly because my computer just started crashing randomly. removed it, computer was fine again.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 22nd, 2006, 15:41

spoodie wrote:Sygate (Norton) gives me the FEAR because of bad press over the years. I'm evaluating PC-illin 2006 at the moment but not particularly happy with it and I wont even bother installing the free zone alarm I just installed. I guess I'll have to keep looking ...

sygate has been fine IME, afaik norton haven't got their filthy mitts in there yet (though, they will be canceling SPF because of product overlaps)

Sol · Post by **Sol** » January 22nd, 2006, 17:32

/Swears by Mcafee

Allthough it strangely turns itself off now and again >.<

Post by **deject** » January 22nd, 2006, 18:14

Important Notice: Effective November 30th, 2005 all Sygate personal firewall products will be discontinued. This does not affect Sygate's Enterprise firewall and endpoint compliance products, which will still be updated and supported.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 22nd, 2006, 18:15

i assure you it's quite possible to get it.

It may not be updated now, but if it's not the best windows based software firewall, i'll give you a tenner.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 22nd, 2006, 19:55

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:It may not be updated now, but if it's not the best windows based software firewall, i'll give you a tenner.

I might try it then. I'm fed up with these security suites when I dont use most of the stuff that's there for dumb nubes, it's not like anti-virus where you need the updates.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 22nd, 2006, 19:57

it's a bit noisy to start with, but it does log properly and allows IP block banning.

Stuk · Post by **Stuk** » January 22nd, 2006, 21:04

Hmm, I use the free Version of ZoneAlarm 5 and have never had any problems with it...in fact I quite like it.....

I tried McAfee Personal Firewall (not to sure of the name) and that completely fucked everything over. Twice.

What alternative are there then?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 22nd, 2006, 22:28

Hmmm, alternatives. eeenteresting. *shuffles off*

Chickenz · Post by **Chickenz** » January 22nd, 2006, 22:48

Ive got zonealrm on my comp and its great no probs with it ever!!! It strted off free but a quick googly search soon made it worth more.

Rydis · Post by **Rydis** » January 23rd, 2006, 9:43

I used to use BlackICE, but then it did something weird one day and I got rid of it, cant actually remember what or why mind you.
These days the only firwall I use is the one built into SP2.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » January 23rd, 2006, 16:32

Built in firewall with XP SP2 FTW!!!

If you are stupid enough to keep personal/dodgy files such as CV's, illegal porn, bank account data on your own machine, then you deserve to be hacked narf.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 23rd, 2006, 16:41

*currently has about 15 firewalls lined up for testing*

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » January 23rd, 2006, 19:22

I currently use kerio personal firewall 4 (Free) www.kerio.com so far no problems, quite a nice working to it

Rydis · Post by **Rydis** » January 24th, 2006, 9:20

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Built in firewall with XP SP2 FTW!!!

If you are stupid enough to keep personal/dodgy files such as CV's, illegal porn, bank account data on your own machine, then you deserve to be hacked narf.

Which is why God invented PGP.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 24th, 2006, 10:33

Rydis wrote:Which is why God invented PGP.

Wasn't that Phil Zimmermann?

*geeks out*

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » January 24th, 2006, 11:05

Rydis wrote:Which is why God invented PGP.

PGP?

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » January 24th, 2006, 11:09

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PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a public key encryption program originally written by Phil Zimmermann in 1991. Later PGP versions have been developed and distributed by MIT, ViaCrypt, PGP Inc., and now Network Associates Inc. (NAI). PGP is the de-facto standard for email encryption today, with millions of users worldwide.

5punk

zone alarm.

zone alarm.

Zonealrm ROX