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Looking For Decent Free Firewall Al 11-16-2006
Posted by George Orwell on November 18, 2006, 11:26 pm
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For pete's sake, get Zone Alarm's freebie.

I've been using it for the past 4-5 years. I keep it updated. It has
never let anything bad into my machine.

I have it set to block everything except the software I use and
legitimate downloads. Don't allow even your legitimate software to act
with server privileges.

It's free. It's easy as hell to set up - just block everything in the
beginning, allowing your legitimate software access as you use them for
the first time after installing ZA.

You'll go nuts listening to all the 'purists' and fools in here about
how absolute, total protection is mandatory and everything else sucks.
You ain't perfect and neither will be any of your software, including
your firewall.

Get off the pot and install the freebie ZA, and keep it updated. You
can then listen to all these fools at your leisure as ZA protects you
until you find that "perfect" firewall.


Posted by Sebastian Gottschalk on November 19, 2006, 4:38 am
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George Orwell wrote:

> For pete's sake, get Zone Alarm's freebie.

Dude, he want's SECURITY, not NEW VULNERABILITIES.

> I've been using it for the past 4-5 years. I keep it updated. It has
> never let anything bad into my machine.

Stupid. It was never supposed to do that, and couldn't do that.

> I have it set to block everything except the software I use and
> legitimate downloads. Don't allow even your legitimate software to act
> with server privileges.

What a nonsense.

> You'll go nuts listening to all the 'purists' and fools in here about
> how absolute, total protection is mandatory and everything else sucks.

Np. You're going nuts with ZA.

> You ain't perfect and neither will be any of your software, including
> your firewall.

And this is your excuse for adding new vulnerabilities?

Posted by Leythos on November 19, 2006, 8:06 am
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> And this is your excuse for adding new vulnerabilities?

You're talking about Windows XP Firewall? It lets applications enter
exceptions without the user being warned, lets outbound connections
happen with no real-time monitor showing the connection, etc...

And if the user has file and printer sharing exception, then what good
is the Windows XP Firewall? Answer - it's not.

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Posted by Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers on November 19, 2006, 8:25 am
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> For pete's sake, get Zone Alarm's freebie.
[...]
> It's free. It's easy as hell to set up

... and it's phoning home.

cu
59cobalt
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"If a software developer ever believes a rootkit is a necessary part of
their architecture they should go back and re-architect their solution."
--Mark Russinovich

Posted by George Orwell on November 19, 2006, 12:54 pm
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>
> > For pete's sake, get Zone Alarm's freebie.
> [...]
> > It's free. It's easy as hell to set up
>
> ... and it's phoning home.
>
> cu
> 59cobalt
> --

These few morons who answered me are the epitome of what I have said
about this group being inhabited by know-nothings who kept spouting
urban myths about any software mentioned.

If you take seriously the nonsense spouted by all factions in this
group, you'll end up with no firewall. :)



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