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zone alarm - (free)

zonalarm pro - about $60 many more features than free version

If you are using it for home , 1 or 2 pc's the free version is all you really need

http://zonealarm.com/store/content/home.jsp

Hi I have 2 PC's on a home network both connected to a cable modem, to hide my ports from the outside I use an SMC Barricade (SMC704ABR) with a 4 port network hub after that, and Zonealarm Pro to let me known of any outgoing connections just in case I get a trojan on any of my machines either by email or downloads which my virus scanner does not reconise.

Rich

Tiny Personal Firewall.

It's as good (if not better) than any of the above and uses very little resources.

http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN

Like all software, different ones have different advantages.

Here are a couple of reviews comparing popular "home" firewalls.

http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2711020,00.html

http://www.cnet.com/software/0-806183-7-2342081.html?st.sw.3752-7-2342112.txt.3752-7-2342081

Delete any spaces in the above URLs.

I personally like ZoneAlarm and BlackIce Defender and have used both. I use Novell Bordermanager at present.

Hope this helps some!

It all depends on what you want. You can spends thousands of dollars on a firewall. If you are looking for an enterprise solution, there are tons of them out there. If you looking for a small solution, I use Zone Alarm. It's cheap and works well.

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