Humpty Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Interesting article on firewalls at the link below. Link Quote: "Users who still prefer a firewall should first check whether they are using a router with firewall functionality. If so, then no firewall is needed, including the one build in to Windows XP, reports PC Professionell." I don't agree with the quote as even though I have a hardware firewall I still need Netveda to stop MS programs phoning home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators rridgely Posted August 25, 2006 Moderators Share Posted August 25, 2006 When I got my first router I quit using software firewalls all together. I had a hard time finding one that I liked and didn't take lots of resources. I do run netveda now without any problems and I'm glad I do but to be honest I don't feel any more secure now then I did before. I guess it is good that if anything got past my AV it wouldn't be able to connect to the internet but I haven't had viruses/spyware in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 Yeh,I sorta know what you mean Rridgely. Had a H/W firewall for a while now and ran without a softwall for while including no realtime AV as I browse through Sandboxie. Even though I know I'm quite safe it's just that funny feeling not seeing that AV and firewall icons in the taskbar. Must be a psyhcological (hard to spell that word) thing as I feel more comfortable seeing those icons there. Netveda is going OK but I am going to try out a few more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 Well hardware firewall is good because software firewall can often be disabled or circumvented, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Ross Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Endian Firewall is what I use and it runs good. There is the link if anyone is interested: http://www.efw.it It has alot of good features like scanning email for viruses/spam. It also has a content filter, http virus scanner. Proxying dns & web. btw it also has an outbound firewall too. Pretty sweet in closing off those proggies that like to phone home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Endian Firewall is what I use and it runs good. There is the link if anyone is interested: http://www.efw.it It has alot of good features like scanning email for viruses/spam. It also has a content filter, http virus scanner. Proxying dns & web. btw it also has an outbound firewall too. Pretty sweet in closing off those proggies that like to phone home! Those proggies that like to phone home shouldn't be in your computer in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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