Oct 10 2006
Firewalls
rev. 7 May 2008
Comodo Personal Firewall- License: Freeware
- Description: Comodo’s business is SSL certificates, so it’s somewhat of a puzzle as to why they developed a software firewall and are giving it away for free, but give it they do (actually, it’s because they had a surplus of smart programmers, and decided that it would be a good way to get brand recognition). Amazingly, this firewall seems to be the best in the industry, scoring on the top of the latest leak tests. A warning: CPF doesn’t play well with some antivirus programs that do intensive HTTP scanning (Kaspersky, for instance).
ZoneAlarm- License: Freeware (for personal use)
- Description: ZoneAlarm is a handy free firewall that’s been around for some time. It’s very configurable and comes pretty highly rated.
Outpost Firewall Free- License: Freeware (for personal use)
- Description: Outpost Firewall Free is a deprecated version of Agnitum’s popular Outpost Firewall. It provides basic connection monitoring, privacy management, and packet filtering, but may also providing a nagging upgrade screen.
using comodo.. a wonderful program, easy, and no big fuss.. just as it should be
Recommended it
Astaro Security Gateway is a full featured security suite. It’s free for personal use (require a dedicated PC). You can find it at http://www.astaro.com.
Great info, thanks.
Are any of these firewalls Vista compatible?
ZoneAlarm is. Comodo will be as of v3 (you can find betas on the web). Sygate probably isn’t, and Outpost’s free version likely isn’t, since it’s old.
Kerio isn’t yet, either, but I might take them off the list, since I can’t actually find a free version on their website anymore.
Thanks for the quick answer.
The Kerio free one is now from Sunbelt I think.
I might wait for the Comodo one.
GoldCoaster
Astaro needs it’s own PC. but i think zone alarm works with vista