Firewall for dummies

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Kira Bodensted

Hi
Can anyone kindly recommens a simple and good firewall, please.
Have tried ZA until it went payware
- and Kerio 2.15. Drove me nuts with all the questions I did not understand.
I can say yes or no to programs - thats about it.
I am danish.
Kind regards
Kira
 
Hi Kira!

Kira Bodensted said:
Can anyone kindly recommens a simple and good firewall, please.
Have tried ZA until it went payware
- and Kerio 2.15. Drove me nuts with all the questions I did not understand.
I can say yes or no to programs - thats about it.
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Well, in that case I would suggest that you first read up and try to learn
what the questions you are asked actually mean.
Nothing is worse than a false feeling of security.
Do your reading and then go back and try Kerio.
I am danish.
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I'm German. Does that change anything?
:-)

Greetings,

Joachim
 
Kira Bodensted said:
Hi
Can anyone kindly recommens a simple and good firewall, please.
Have tried ZA until it went payware
- and Kerio 2.15. Drove me nuts with all the questions I did not understand.
I can say yes or no to programs - thats about it.
I am danish.
Kind regards
Kira
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Zone Alarm is still available for free:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_za.jsp?lid=home_zainfo
If you are running Windows XP, there is a built-in firewall which will
protect you from unauthorized incoming connections:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/internet_connection_firewall.htm

HTH,
Ian.
 
Hi
Can anyone kindly recommens a simple and good firewall, please.
Have tried ZA until it went payware
- and Kerio 2.15. Drove me nuts with all the questions I did not understand.
I can say yes or no to programs - thats about it.
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It doesn't get any simpler than Kerio. Just study the dialogs, and you will
find them simple. There's only 2 or 3 types of dialog, and you will quickly
learn exactly what to check.

Bob
 
Hi
Can anyone kindly recommens a simple and good firewall, please.
Have tried ZA until it went payware
- and Kerio 2.15. Drove me nuts with all the questions I did not understand.
I can say yes or no to programs - thats about it.
I am danish.
Kind regards
Kira
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Kira,

I believe this one has help files in German, if that is easier for
you.

Agnitum Outpost Firewall (Free)
(Freeware) (last Freeware version) (Unsupported)
OS: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
Languages: English (documentation in German, Hungarian, Russian and
Italian)
Description: Agnitum Outpost is a personal firewall. It's standard
personal firewall features include "system and application level
filtering", "detailed information on all connections and open ports";
"predefined system and application settings for all common tasks
(browsing the web, allowing ICQ, allowing DNS or DHCP, etc )"; a
built-in log viewer; stealth mode; ICMP filtering; NetBIOS rule
creation; wizard mode for automatic rule creation; MD5 authentication,
etc. In addition, it supports plug-ins for tasks such as Intrusion
Detection, Advertisement Blocking, Content Filtering, E-mail Guard and
Privacy Control. The interface is highly customizable. For the
plug-ins, it supports online automated update against new attacks.
Finally, it needs no configuration before using and it starts
protecting your system as soon as it's installed.
Author: -- Company: Agnitum Ltd.
Home Page:
http://www.agnitum.com/
Download: v1.0.1817 (OutpostInstall.exe) (2556 KB)
http://www.agnitum.com/download/OutpostInstall.exe
(desc. rev.: 2004-01-03)
 
Kira Bodensted said:
Hi
Can anyone kindly recommens a simple and good firewall, please.
Have tried ZA until it went payware
- and Kerio 2.15. Drove me nuts with all the questions I did not understand.
I can say yes or no to programs - thats about it.
I am danish.
Kind regards
Kira
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Tiny Personal Firewall
http://www.it-mate.co.uk/main_content/security.asp#tinypf

--
Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
 
On 18 Jan 2004, Kira Bodensted wrote
Hi
Can anyone kindly recommens a simple and good firewall, please.
Have tried ZA until it went payware
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?? I know that ZA Pro is payware, but I'm still using the free version
of ZA. (I only have a single, non-networked PC; the basic version
works fine.)
 
donutbandit said:
Sorry, but this is not freeware. The company has rescinded the free
version, but this site has saved it and offers it as "free."

Pirateware, yes - free, no.
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Actually, the version listed and hosted on my site is the last freeware
version.

I informed Tiny Software when I first listed and hosted it, and they didn't
seem bothered so I've left it there.

--
Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Disclaimer:
I know I'm probably wrong, I just like taking part ;o)
 
- and Kerio 2.15. Drove me nuts with all the questions I did not understand.
I can say yes or no to programs - thats about it.
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I suspect most firewall programs will pop up alerts and ask questions
if set to do so. Kerio only does that when you first install it as
whenever you run a program for the first time that accesses the Net,
Kerio needs to know how you want to treat this program. After you've
run your email client, newsreader, browser, etc. one time, and Kerio
asks you a question, you check the "Make appropriate rule" box and
then say "Permit" (or "Deny") and it will not bother you about that
program again.
 
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