Ever heard of this 2??

1. Jetico Personal Firewall
URL: http://www.jetico.com

2. Comodo Firewall (free)
URL: http://www.comodogroup.com/products/free_products.html

FYI, there is no more sygate, it's company been bought and "plug" into symantec...

it's the best I had used, just too bad now no more updates... tat's y I chose to try other...

I'm trying LnS now... havent try Outpost yet... which of this 2 is better???


tat will depends on what firewall, every firewall has its own setting style
but most firewalls I tried can auto detect the "safe zone", which should allow those connected to the network to get to the gateway??

I can't use Zone Alarm Pro, it always popup error warning wanting to close down the TruVector service whenever I'm downloading via BitComet... then the program will gone idle but with internet connection still enable... any idea how to solve it??

I'm now using Look'n'Stop... quite a nice firewall, light... not a freeware though... and the rules set configurating could take a while if u r not used to it =/

luckily I still manage to get all my rules set figure out, and now it's working nice and steady =)

This post has been edited by yelsew: Oct 18 2006, 08:22 AM

there is no "best" in sense of firewall as well as anti-virus software... all u can do is read more reviews on them and try those you find suit your needs, that would be the "best" for u

That's the main reason I quit using ZA months ago... and looks like still havent been solved by the dev...

I changed to a few others, such as Comodo (simple and easy but personally not liking it ), Look'n'Stop (rules-based, not recommend for newbie, have a prob - making pc slow shutdown), now using Outpost (so far so good, not prob yet for 2 weeks+)

Outpost Firewall Pro ver. 4.0.971.7030 (584)

*ahem* type

which screenshot u mean??? there are few sections for this outpost...

as for settings... I enabled all the plugins provided, and the main program set to "rules based", as for the rules I just use the auto rules it provided...

is it? so far I use it's ok tho


not so time consuming in configuration if u compare with Look'n'Stop which is totally rules-based. In outpost at least there is some "default" rules sets for u to choose for different programs, mostly automatic, just need some minor adjustments to ur own needs

may b it's bcos I shifted from LnS (Look'n'Stop) to Outpost, so it's no big deal with its configuration (compared to LnS)

p/s: I used Sygate for quite a long time b4 I start switching here and there due to no longer support of Sygate...

1 thing I feel about Sygate after I changed to other firewalls is tat it's "easy and simple", tat's the good but also can b the weak point for a firewall software...

I'm not sure whether I get it right... by using the example of Outpost, if I didn't add rules to the application, just set allow or block... it will mean "allow all connections" and "block all connections"... there is no limitation or control on the connections allowed... tat might bring some troubles if the user is unaware or careless... it does provide some lvl of protections, just tat the lvl is not very high...

well, tat's just my opinion... do correct me if I'm wrong

problem? wat kind of problem?

I can update with no prob... btw, which ver u using??

It seems like ZA still got conflict with BT clients (tat TrueVector thing always crashes when u r running BT clients)

I would just suggest u use other firewall instead of ZA

so far I only found tat ZA having problem, others that I hav tried like Comodo, Look'n'Stop, and Outpost (currently using) all don't hav problem at all with BT

may b u can try out the outpost firewall... if u are familiar with rules settings and stuffs

This post has been edited by yelsew: Nov 14 2007, 06:36 AM