No more free Sygate or Kerio Firewall

[nickg]

time to find another firewall since Sygate will be gone. it's given me good protection over the last year that i've been using it.

http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2005/11/kiss_two_free_f.html#comments

[Washington,D.C.]

I really like GhostWall

http://www.ghostsecurity.com/index.php?page=ghostwall

http://www.ghostsecurity.com/index.php?page=download&id=876

For easy set up and protection Outpost works it's just a bit dated.


http://dl2.agnitum.com/OutpostInstall.exe

The very best Zone Alarm I've found is version 4.5.594.000

It doesn't have the anti-virus checker which can cause conflict and makes for a larger slower program.Download it now while it's still available.

http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1023_zl/zlsSetup_45_594_000.exe

[nickg]

after reading the article about no more support for Sygate i then saw some suggestions for some other free firewalls.

i first downloaded Tiny Personal Firewall. i could tell right away that i wasn't going to like it. and after playing with it for a while i found out i was right.

so i then tried NetVeda. now this is a nice program. very simple user interface, nothing fancy. and much less obtrusive than Sygate is. i'm surprised i've never come across this program before.

plus it is not a resource hog like programs such as zonealarm.

here's a few links to it:
http://www.netveda.com/
http://www.download.com/NetVeda-Safety-Net/3640-10435_4-10382920.html?tag=tab_ur

[funbob]

That sucks. Sygate was my favorite firewall. All Symantec is probably going to do is incorporate a few of the features into the next version of their bloatware, I hate them. I guess the search for a good replacement is on.

[Gadgetman]

I use Kerio for now. But it sounds like I'll be looking for a new free firewall too.:(

[MrWithasee]

My brother just told me about Foxie from Mozilla, the makers of Firefox. Might not be quite ready to go b/c of a few bugs but it might be worth keeping an eye on.

http://www.getfoxie.com/

[grokdesigns]

Originally posted by MrWithasee
My brother just told me about Foxie from Mozilla, the makers of Firefox. Might not be quite ready to go b/c of a few bugs but it might be worth keeping an eye on.

http://www.getfoxie.com/

Foxie isn't from Mozilla, it's just an addon for Internet Explorer...and anything that 'integrates' with IE is just asking for security issues. Get the real Firefox and a real firewall:)