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by rosstamon

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I'm looking for an excellent firewall. Of course like everybody else I would like it to be free. But would like suggestions on a really good one that will keep my computer secure, which after all is a little more important than the "free" part. It is on much of the time, and I am on a fast internet connection. So I would like something reliable. Any suggestions? Thanks ahead of time.

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by ewgny

What are you trying to protect? A single PC? If so you can downlowd a free software firewall like zonealarm or tiny firewall.

by pauldegen

If you have an old computer hanging around gathering dust you might want to conisder IP COP or Smooth Wall, Both are free Linux distros.

by s.u.n

If you are using Windows, then Windows XP contains ICF.
Turn that on. The default settings are good enough. You can ofcourse fine tune them to meet you requirements.
Also, all packets can be logged and exported to Excel and analyzed.
If you want to protect more than one PC, then the best bet is to use install Red Hat Linux 8 or above. It contains a nice GUI to configure a firewall.
s.u.n

by joseph moore

I know it has already been mentioned, but I am gonna state it again.
I use ZoneAlarm to protect my home PC (really, it is my wife's PC; I just get to upgrade it!) on cable modem. On my laptop, I use ZoneAlarm also.
Now, I have ZoneAlarm Pro, their $40 version. But the free ZA version is just fine. You can't specify inbound port access with the free version, but you probably don't need to do that anyway.

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