Anyone tried this new free Firewall?

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Semi Head

To the Freeware NG regulars;

I (& probably many others) would be very interested reading user
reviews & comments about this new freeware product from softperfect.com
(free firewall).

http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/

If you would, please post your personal experience with softperfect's
firewall.
Please include:
1. your type of OS
2. your type internet connection (dial-up, cable, dsl, etc.).
3. Also include if you are using a firmware firewall (like from a
additional router).
4. Please do compare it to the existing free firewalls you've tried
and/or are using now, like Sygate, Kerio, ZoneAlarm, & etc.).

:-)

S_H
 
Semi said:
To the Freeware NG regulars;

I (& probably many others) would be very interested reading user
reviews & comments about this new freeware product from
softperfect.com (free firewall).

http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/
Click to expand...

This may discourage potential users:

"SoftPerfect Personal Firewall works at the NDIS level and it is not able to
determine what application is trying to access the Internet or a network
resource."
 
(e-mail address removed) (Semi Head) wrote in @storefull-3117.bay.webtv.net:
I (& probably many others) would be very interested reading user
reviews & comments about this new freeware product from softperfect.com
(free firewall).

http://www.softperfect.com/products/firewall/

If you would, please post your personal experience with softperfect's
firewall.
Please include:
1. your type of OS
Click to expand...

Windows 2000
2. your type internet connection (dial-up, cable, dsl, etc.).
DSL

3. Also include if you are using a firmware firewall (like from a
additional router).
No

4. Please do compare it to the existing free firewalls you've tried
and/or are using now, like Sygate, Kerio, ZoneAlarm, & etc.).
Click to expand...

I saw this on Tinyapps.org and was reconfiguring a friend's PC (details
above), so I tried it.

It is nice and small and I like how it "Does not change your Windows
system files and does not require any additional libraries".
Unfortunately, I found the learning mode dialog too slow and clunky, so I
uninstalled it. It included several preset rules, but these were all
disabled by default, and I did not know which ones to enable. In order to
permit a single application I had to fill the learning dialog out several
times. Kerio, Sygate and ZoneAlarm are all easier to configure. Otherwise
it seemed OK, but I can only comment on its usability and not it's
security level.
 
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