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Are software firewalls adequate for BB

  • 09-06-2005 5:07pm
    #1
    fisab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭


    Hope this is the right place for this thread (apologies if its not).

    For the past 3 years I've had ISDN and found that ZoneAlarm was sufficient protection from the big bad world. I had a subscription to Norton Personal Firewall but found that ZAlarm offered better protection (when running a suite of security tests).

    Now that I'm moving to broadband, am I mad not to invest in a hardware firewall ?


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  • #2
    Gegerty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 900 ✭✭✭Gegerty


    fisab wrote:
    Hope this is the right place for this thread (apologies if its not).

    For the past 3 years I've had ISDN and found that ZoneAlarm was sufficient protection from the big bad world. I had a subscription to Norton Personal Firewall but found that ZAlarm offered better protection (when running a suite of security tests).

    Now that I'm moving to broadband, am I mad not to invest in a hardware firewall ?

    A good software firewall (configured properly) along with spy remover software is all you need. By good I mean not Zone Alarm! I use "Kerio personal firewall" (get it on bt) and "spybot - Search & Destroy".


  • #3
    Mistmyr
    Registered Users Posts: 210 ✭✭Mistmyr


    Iv had BB for over 3 years and only ever used a software based firewall and sofar iv been fine...

    I used Zonealarm for awhile but then went to Sygate Firewall pro and i like it alot, you will also need to keep your anti-virus and some mallware/addware software up2date aswell..

    I like Spybot Search & Destroy & Ad-Aware

    I also went from IE to Firefox a few months ago and its a much better browser then IE also safer if u believe all the reports...

    Just my 2 $.......


    Misty


  • #4
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    Gegerty wrote:
    A good software firewall (configured properly) along with spy remover software is all you need. By good I mean not Zone Alarm! I use "Kerio personal firewall" (get it on bt) and "spybot - Search & Destroy".
    Surely the best place to get a free firewall would be off the creators website, wouldn't it? You'd be guaranteed to get the latest version.

    Go to www.kerio.com to get kerio personal firewall, not bittorrent.
    I also went from IE to Firefox a few months ago and its a much better browser then IE also safer if u believe all the reports...
    Browse the internet with IE for one week, then run Spybot. Then browse the internet with Firefox for a week, and use spybot again. You'll notice a difference :p


  • #5
    Zenith74
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 755 ✭✭✭Zenith74


    What broadband are you on? If you're on Eircom/Esat/UTV wired then you'll have a NAT router which will offer you quite a bit of protection anyway (for the average home user anyway). Nobody can get to your machine through NAT unless you forward ports through it. I don't think there's a huge necessity for a software firewall at all tbh. Now if you're on IBB or something similar where your PC gets the public IP you definitely need something strong...


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