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Personal Firewalls johnj 08-19-2006
Posted by Animesh on August 20, 2006, 11:40 pm
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Try Netveda firewall. I believe its free and was rated as top 10 in
some online survey. I think its available from http://www.netveda.com

johnj wrote:
> This NG appears to be primarily professionals, but I'll ask anyway.
>
> I've been asked to help support a set of computers at my church
> (some new, some old) and get them connected onto a DSL line.
> Unfortunately my experience has only been dial-up connection
> and protected with an old version of ZoneAlarm on Win98SE & Win2K.
>
> I need to install some firewall that's easy to use and maintain
> as the support is all volunteers and not there during business
> hours (except when there's a problem).
>
> I have, in the past year, helped setup a new WinXP system for a
> friend that came with Norton's security suite. What I saw
> seemed a lot easier than my old version of ZoneAlarm because
> it knows all the weird Windows services that pop up that I'm
> not familiar with.
>
> I've seen some negative comments about Norton/McAfee. But for
> me are these Personal Firewalls a good choice? What other
> options do I have?
>
> TIA


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