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Technical & Scientific => Software => Topic started by: ahluka on October 17, 2007, 02:03:23 PM

Title: Firewall?
Post by: ahluka on October 17, 2007, 02:03:23 PM

Well I just an email from McAfee notifying me that my protection will "run out" today and that I'm eligible for an "upgrade" at a "discounted price". I had no idea this was going to happen (dense much?) so obviously, I'm not paying.

I was using a free firewall before I bought mcafee but I can't for the life of my remember what it was called, so here I am, asking what y'all use (if it's free).

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: micah on October 17, 2007, 02:09:21 PM

was it called "windows xp" by any chance?

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: ahluka on October 17, 2007, 02:14:39 PM

har har har. no. i'm 90% sure it began with a 'p'.

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: drakkenkorin on October 17, 2007, 02:26:15 PM

"px swodniw"?

:p

The only "free" firewall I am aware of (and I don't even know if its still "around") is/was Zone Alarm.

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: hans on October 17, 2007, 04:04:47 PM

Maybe this one?
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: ahluka on October 17, 2007, 04:26:41 PM

Looks good enough - thankies :)

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on October 17, 2007, 05:05:28 PM

Zone Alarm rocks for free best I have ever used

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: ahluka on October 18, 2007, 04:08:40 AM

Meh. I didn't like it anyway.

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: VBprogrammer on October 21, 2007, 07:20:40 PM

Hmm, I always wonder why people think they need a firewall...

Especially people behind a NAT router.

Especially when everyone I've ever seen was a piece of alarmist crap trying to justify its own existence.

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: KnuckleBuckett on October 21, 2007, 07:26:07 PM

I gotta say.  If you already have a router in place I can't see why a firewall is needed.

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: hans on October 21, 2007, 07:47:12 PM

Security is a matter of layers of protection. Sometimes it's enough to be behind a router/firewall but sometime you just feel more paranoid. I don't think it's a bad idea at all to run a firewall on each box. Although, simply having a firewall won't prevent stupid people from opening virus attachments.
I don't see the need to spend money on one though.

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: ahluka on October 21, 2007, 08:25:06 PM

Yeah maybe I don't need a firewall - I feel better having one though.

Title: Re: Firewall?
Post by: VBprogrammer on October 22, 2007, 01:55:56 PM

Quote from: tgm on October 21, 2007, 07:47:12 PM

Security is a matter of layers of protection. Sometimes it's enough to be behind a router/firewall but sometime you just feel more paranoid. I don't think it's a bad idea at all to run a firewall on each box. Although, simply having a firewall won't prevent stupid people from opening virus attachments.
I don't see the need to spend money on one though.

You say that...I hear "Some people are more protective of their p0rn"