Firewalls

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:33 pm **Post subject:** Firewalls

well i jus realised that the firewall i use is way outta date and that many updates have been released officially but there doesnt seem to be a newer version on the mule

it's been a while since this was last discussed so my question is what firewall are you using now and what version?

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:10 pm **Post subject:**

Kerio, the old free one. If it isn't broke, don't fix it.

The only thing better than that is a hardware firewall.

Polityk · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:17 pm **Post subject:**

I second that.

killingjokezzz · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:20 pm **Post subject:**

Still using Sygate here - V5.5 build 2616. Old yes, but seems to be working very well.

G3rMaNIaC · **Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:58 pm **Post subject:**

also Sygate Personal Firewall Pro V5.5 build 3031 here, works fine for ages now...

Greetings

Gemaniac

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:26 am **Post subject:**

well i have just found that i already have a copy of build 2516 on my HDD i musta grabbed ages ago but never got round to testing, so maybe i'll give that a go or would it be wise to get a newer version as i think that is quite old?

G3rMaNIaC · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:40 am **Post subject:**

install Sygate FW, open it, press tools, update signature to newest version and you are up to date.

Greetings

Germaniac

pepak · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:19 pm **Post subject:**

I am still using Kerio PF v2.xx, but I can't say I am happy with it. It's just that it's better than the rest, but definitelly not perfect. I especially hate the lack of control over applications using other applications to connect to the internet (e.g. an application "Trojan Horse XYZ" could run Internet Explorer and ask it to download http://www.trojanauthorspage.com/addres ... pass=12345). But as I said, the other firewalls (including KPF 4) are even worse - they fail at the actual filtering level (they don't let me mix system and application rules, for example). The only firewall that stands a chance of replacing KPF2 is Jetico PF, but for some reason I was unable to configure it correctly (the rules were correct as far as I can tell, but they never got triggered...)

Bassline · **Posted:** Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:03 pm **Post subject:**

killingjokezzz wrote:

Still using Sygate here - V5.5 build 2616. Old yes, but seems to be working very well.

ditto

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:55 pm **Post subject:**

well i been using sygate for a while now but i realised that occasionally i get a msg pop up stating that emule has been blocked from accessing the internet when it actually hasnt, should i be concerned? (i did set it to have full access)

wargand · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:31 pm **Post subject:**

I don't use a firewall at all. So what?

killingjokezzz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:39 pm **Post subject:** Re: Firewalls

Really old thread I know, but I'm still using the same version of Sygate I mentioned above. I really think I should change to comodo or something else by now, but I've still not had any problems. Any thoughts?

BadBugs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:46 pm **Post subject:** Re: Firewalls

Sygate rocks :rock:

If I was still using a 32bit OS that would be my personal choice. Unfortunately it wont work on a 64bit OS :cry:

Symantec bought out Sygate & closed them down, so there wont ever be a newer version... bastards :matrix:

karstmobile · **Posted:** Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:48 pm **Post subject:** Re: Firewalls

killingjokezzz wrote:

Really old thread I know, but I'm still using the same version of Sygate I mentioned above. I really think I should change to comodo or something else by now, but I've still not had any problems. Any thoughts?

Give Comodo a try and tell me what you think. I used it a few months ago and it performed well. Thinking of trying it again soon.

BadBugs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:55 pm **Post subject:** Re: Firewalls

karstmobile wrote:

killingjokezzz wrote:

Really old thread I know, but I'm still using the same version of Sygate I mentioned above. I really think I should change to comodo or something else by now, but I've still not had any problems. Any thoughts?

Give Comodo a try and tell me what you think. I used it a few months ago and it performed well. Thinking of trying it again soon.

Hmmmm, thats fishy, you tried it then stopped using it & youre thinking of trying it again? Why? :shadey:

karstmobile · **Posted:** Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:04 pm **Post subject:** Re: Firewalls

BadBugs wrote:

karstmobile wrote:

killingjokezzz wrote:

Really old thread I know, but I'm still using the same version of Sygate I mentioned above. I really think I should change to comodo or something else by now, but I've still not had any problems. Any thoughts?

Give Comodo a try and tell me what you think. I used it a few months ago and it performed well. Thinking of trying it again soon.

Hmmmm, thats fishy, you tried it then stopped using it & youre thinking of trying it again? Why? :shadey:

Thought it was the cause of some issues I was having. I uninstalled it. It wasn't the cause. I currently do not have one installed...

Or

It crashed my computer constantly. I had to dive into the registry to clean it up. Finally I ended up having to reformat. They say they have fixed the problems, but I want to be sure. Be my guinea pig... be their victim.

psst... go with the former

BadBugs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:08 pm **Post subject:** Re: Firewalls

Dodgy bloke :outsider:

I've only got the windows firewall & the one built into the router on this as all the XP64bit compatible firewalls need you to be qualified for Mensa to set up :wacky:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:51 pm **Post subject:** Re: Firewalls

lol @ windows firewall; router one is enough for me too. Stealth all ports is all that's needed. You can operate without but your bandwidth will be wasted with responses, better just to drop packets on an invalid port so I wouldn't agree with the wargand philosophy of responding to invalid requests myself.

killingjokezzz · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:38 pm **Post subject:** Re: Firewalls

karstmobile wrote:

Thought it was the cause of some issues I was having. I uninstalled it. It wasn't the cause. I currently do not have one installed...

Or

It crashed my computer constantly. I had to dive into the registry to clean it up. Finally I ended up having to reformat. They say they have fixed the problems, but I want to be sure. Be my guinea pig... be their victim.

psst... go with the former

Thanks all the same karst, but I'll stick with Sygate after your experiences with Comodo. I don't wanna be a Guinea Pig :googley:

karstmobile · **Posted:** Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:46 pm **Post subject:** Re: Firewalls

killingjokezzz wrote:

karstmobile wrote:

Thought it was the cause of some issues I was having. I uninstalled it. It wasn't the cause. I currently do not have one installed...

Or

It crashed my computer constantly. I had to dive into the registry to clean it up. Finally I ended up having to reformat. They say they have fixed the problems, but I want to be sure. Be my guinea pig... be their victim.

psst... go with the former

Thanks all the same karst, but I'll stick with Sygate after your experiences with Comodo. I don't wanna be a Guinea Pig :googley:

I was only killing-myself-with-jokezzz. Seriously, it worked well.

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