These few morons who answered me are the epitome of what I have said about this group being inhabited by know-nothings who kept spouting urban myths about any software mentioned.
If you take seriously the nonsense spouted by all factions in this group, you'll end up with no firewall. :)
Yea, and then when you decide you want to try another firewall and need to remove ZA be prepared for the nightmare that will ensue.
Yea, well, if you have a router with firewall you don't need one.
Well, it's easy enough for anyone to install the free version of ZA on their computer, run a sniffer (e.g. Wireshark) to inspect the network traffic, and see for themselvers who is or isn't the "know-nothing".
cu
59cobalt
Actually the current versions of ZA can be removed rather cleanly.
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59cobalt
Or if you are not offering any network services. Then you can also get by without one.
I used to use Sygate - but Symantec owns them now.......
No one has mentioned Jetico. What are your thoughts and experiences with their FW?
TIA
Louise
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Never used it, sorry.
Mr. Orwell opined.....
There are no more updates if you use w> For pete's sake, get Zone Alarm's freebie.
It is virtually leakproof. It is free. for blocking in/out it may be the very best. It is extraordinarily difficult to configure. It has driven strong people to the point of insanity :>>>
gary
louise wrote:
So what firewall does your top-post refer to Gaz?
Jim Ford
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Who cares? Win9x has no privilege separation and is therefore pretty useless.
Worthful - it doesn't spend complexity and resources on useless trials.
That's exactly no difference from any other host-based packet filter.
Jetico
Nope.
I know.
I know.
But if you need outbound application control as a weapon against malware you are trying to fight malware already running inside the system you are trying to protect - in which case you should already be in the process of restoring your machine to a clean state - since you lost the game.
That's true in any case.
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