What's the Best Firewall out there for personal use?

[What's the Best Firewall out the]

Hey

I'm in the process of researching network security out there for an essay,

and I just want some feedback for which is the best firewall to use for

Windows XP (Just because Windows Vista might adapt differently to certain

firewalls even though SP1 has been released).

Cheers

 

[Ragab]

I think the best is "ZoneAlarm Internet Security".

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Ragab

"What's the Best Firewall out there?" wrote:

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> Hey

>

> I'm in the process of researching network security out there for an essay,

> and I just want some feedback for which is the best firewall to use for

> Windows XP (Just because Windows Vista might adapt differently to certain

> firewalls even though SP1 has been released).

>

> Cheers</span>

 

[ObiWan [MVP]]

> I'm in the process of researching network security out there for an

essay,<span style="color:blue">

> and I just want some feedback for which is the best firewall to use</span>

for<span style="color:blue">

> Windows XP (Just because Windows Vista might adapt differently to

> certain firewalls even though SP1 has been released).</span>

Let me start by stating that I don't like "personal firewalls" too much

all in all, a "personal firewall" which controlls "which applications

connect to.." (or listen) in my opinion doesn't make much sense;

think at it for a minute; if an application is already running on the

system (and the AV didn't stop it), then nothing forbids it from

stopping the firewall or doing whatever it wants; remember it's

already running ! On the other hand one may find such a critter

useful to stop applications calling home or the like; but this won't

increase the security level of the system style_emoticons/

That said, and to answer to your request,

I think you may have a look at this

http://www.matousec.com/projects/firewall-...nge/results.php

which may help you picking a "personal firewall"

HTH