It seems every firewall is slagged as snake oil. So how should it be done?
From reading this newsgroup, there seem to be an incredible number of postings that basically say that no personal firewall should be used on a PC as they are all basically snake oil and don't really do much.
I am not sure if these responses are just from trolls that like to slag off everything, or whether there is truth behind it all.
This therefore leads to the following question.
If the personal firewalls like Kerio, Comodo, Zone Alarm, Online Armor etc are no good, then what should be used? Or are these guys saying that we should just stick with a normal router and the Windows Firewall? Or are we talking about a major investment in hardware?
This is a genuine question, not a 'light blue touch paper and stand back' goad.
TIA
Martin.
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Martin C in Networking Firewalls
