Best Free Firewall for Xp

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rdt said:
That keeps logs

TIA
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I haven't tried it (I am using a commercial firewall I had bought when I
had Win2k), but the built-in XP firewall might be a place to start. It
does logging, but is kinda basic.

Go to Control Panel -> Network Connections. Right click on your
internet connection and select "Properties". Go to the Advanced tab and
enable the firewall. Click on the Settings button to customize it.

Has anyone tried it? Comments on how good it is?
 
DM said:
I haven't tried it (I am using a commercial firewall I had bought
when I had Win2k), but the built-in XP firewall might be a place to
start. It does logging, but is kinda basic.

Has anyone tried it? Comments on how good it is?
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Not good. It only blocks incoming traffic, not outgoing. Try Outpost,
http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpostfree.html or Sygate Personal
Firewall, http://soho.sygate.com/products/shield_ov.htm or one of the
others that are often discussed here.
 
This is the *best* and *easiest* to set up, and is *very* good. Tiny and
Kerio were once intertwined, but Kerio is easy to set up and understand and
does *all* the features of the others, with very low resource use. I've been
running it on two WinXP Pro machines for well over a year, and you can't
beat it. Get it here:

http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_home.html

....Allen
 
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