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Which firewall is best?

I have been doing some research on several firewalls and have found conflicting reviews on which is best. Here is a short list of what I have found so far:

  1. Sygate Pro
  2. BlackICE
  3. Outpost Pro
  4. BitDefender Pro
  5. PC-Cillin Internet Security 2004
  6. Kerio
  7. Tiny

I am wanting to make the move away from Symantec, but would like some user experiences on the products before I purchase. I'm particularly interested in your experience with:

  1. Tech Support
  2. Problems with crashes or compatibility
  3. Security flaws

Thanks in advance!!!

PS - I have tried ZAPro and have had some problems with web pages showing up correctly (either JAVA or ActiveX problems - don't remember)...

Reply to
Robert Smith
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snipped-for-privacy@triad.rr.com (Robert Smith) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:

The bottom line here is that I would recommend a NAT router that costs as much as any of the products you have mentioned.

You can use any PFW solution behind the NAT router a free one if you like.

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And there are routers that are dial-up too.

The bottom line here is that I would recommend a NAT router that costs as much as any of the products you have mentioned.

You can use any PFW solution behind the NAT router, which is better protection and frees the resources on the machine that the O/S and PFW solution would use to stop scans and attacks. The machine can be doing more productive things for you.

Duane :)

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Duane Arnold

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