Hello ...........

Can anyone recommend a decent firewall please?

I'm using Kerio presently, but, after the free trial it's gone extremely
basic!

I have heard Zone alarm is good,


Brian (Huddersfield)

"That Man!" <That.man@virgin.net> wrote in message
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You need to talk to ThE_WaReZ_MaN.

"That Man!" <That.man@virgin.net> wrote in message
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Comodo is supposed to be good. I'm sticking to an old fully working Kerio
for now.

That Man! wrote:
If you like kerio, why not pay for the full version?

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:54:45 -0000, Steve B wrote:

Comodo is good, but needs a week or so to get sorted.

Online Armor Free (I'm using it until Comodo is OK) stealths all ports and
actually gives sensible alerts!
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Peter.
You don't understand Newton's Third Law of Motion?
It's not rocket science, you know.

"Paul Cupis" <paul@cupis.co.uk> wrote in message
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currently on sale for $9.95. thats just £5 for something that you like (2
pints, 1 pack of fags)! i kinda understand piracy when it comes to hundreds
of pounds for an OS or office suite (though linux and openoffice work a
treat for free), but a fiver? everyone deserves to earn a wage.

Personally, i'm happy enough with the free version of ZoneAlarm.

I did try Comodo, but the local network was unreachable despite
everything being seemingly in place to allow access.

"That Man!" <That.man@virgin.net> wrote in message
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Using a NAT router makes it difficult for anyone outside your local network
to contact your PC or any ontehr devices attached to your local network.


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"PeterC" <giraffenos.pam@homecall.co.uk> wrote in message
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I just read some vey good things about Online Armor's security and resource
usage compared with Kerio, so I'm giving it a test run and it looks very
promising, the install routine goes searching for all your applications so
they can be approved in one hit; I like it so far.

Michael Chare wrote:
and not restriucting speed, its a sure fire bet.

NAT routers ion default settings stop anyone probing in, the same as any
firewall would. In fact they are full firewalls to start with, and need
to be adjusted to let ANYTHING in.


The only time I have had recourse to a discrete firewall was when using
a Belkin and setting it up top allow global access to a web server. I
could not set it up top allow just my IP address to access it in more
powerful ways, so I had to fit a firewall to the server.

"The Natural Philosopher" <a@b.c> wrote in message
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I have been able to configure my router so that it passes HTTP requests on
to a fixed address. What is a pity is that I can not configure the router
to validate a userid and password before the first request is passed on. Do
you happen to know if any of the normal ADSL broadband routers do this?


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Michael Chare

Michael Chare wrote:
No, but its trivial to add that to the server itself. And as far as I
can see, no less secure.

If you are concerned about snooping passwords, use https.

That Man! wrote:
But resource hungry.
If you have a decent router, you can probably get by with the windows
firewall.

Michael Chare wrote:
If you want to do this in h/w you want a proxy server between the router
and the webserer. Normally tho you do this by enabling security on the
webserver, either SSL or normal .htaccess type security.

"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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I use the Speedtouch 780? four port and wireless router with facilities for
plugging in your standard telephone and using it for VOIP. would that
suffice as firewall too?

As for the Kerio, I did try to buy it, but none of the 2 UK re-sellers had
it on their list.

Thanks to all that replied though.

Brian (Huddersfield)

"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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very true, so long as you have xp sp2. i seem to pass all firewall tests
(true stealth) just using netgear router and xp firewall, i feel secure and
dont have to give any more money away, add free antivirus, dollop of common
sense (my eldest son went pornsurfing and ignored the AV warning when he
downloaded a 'codec' TWICE!), and your safe as houses.

Set him up a VM, and tell him to do any "unsafe" surfing through that,
or insist he only boots up from a live* linux CD for his kicks.

*i'd probably consider a Wubi-installed version of Ubuntu for doing
this - it'll be quicker and more customisable than a boot CD - it
won't fook up your existing Windows install, as it installs to a large
file under the existing NTFS file system.

If it ever breaks irretrievably, you can uninstall and reinstall it in
an hour.

That Man! wrote:

No idea I'm afraid - you'd need to check your documentation. If it is
listed as having a firewall, then yes, probably.

"Colin Wilson" <REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.c o.uk> wrote
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16 year old, telling doesnt really work because they know better.
chucked him out instead, easier in the long run, .

Oh, and just to teach him a lesson in "safe surf" install K9 Web
Protection (free) to lock out all those illicit sites.

You can still bypass the locks yourself by use of a password, so as
long as he doesn't guess it, you get the last laugh.

If he manages to guess the password to uninstall it, it will also
email you to let you know it's been taken off the system.