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What aftermarket firewalls function properly under Vista? Dont get me wrong,
I feel Microsoft has done a great job with thier built-in firewall, but as an
advanced user I much prefer two features to my firewall: a) easier rule
implimentations/port allowances/etc, and b) the ability to either view live
or view logs of actual packet/ip/transport information.
Under normal circumstances I have stuck with one of two firewalls in the
past, Ghostwall from www.ghostsecurity.com (which has a very easy rules
system and great packet reports) or Outpost Firewall (mainly again because
this firewall supports the easy rules generation and packet logs)
Zonealarm does a wonderful job as a firewall, but tends to be quite the
resource hog, sometimes clocking in at 40+ meg virtual memory, 60+ meg of ram
just at idle** not even browsing, and to me this means a performance hit.
Also it has a tendancy to introduce some lag into a system because of its
slower scanning of packets (to most people 3ms to 20ms of lag is no big deal
for web browsing, but if youre a gamer, or watching alot of netvideo or
listen to netradio, this can cause undesirable drag on your network
performance).
Flexibility, information, and speed are my concern on a firewall anyways,
anyone have any suggestions on what to try?
**(you can check how much memory programs are using with a replacement task
manager called ProcX; http://www.ghostsecurity.com/procx/ ; i replace my task
managers with this on every computer i work with. Also worth mentioning,
ProcX can terminate tasks, unstoppable programs that the Windows task manager
cant stop, even options to Terminate and Rename, and Terminate and Delete, a
must-have utility for any IT or advanced computer user)
I feel Microsoft has done a great job with thier built-in firewall, but as an
advanced user I much prefer two features to my firewall: a) easier rule
implimentations/port allowances/etc, and b) the ability to either view live
or view logs of actual packet/ip/transport information.
Under normal circumstances I have stuck with one of two firewalls in the
past, Ghostwall from www.ghostsecurity.com (which has a very easy rules
system and great packet reports) or Outpost Firewall (mainly again because
this firewall supports the easy rules generation and packet logs)
Zonealarm does a wonderful job as a firewall, but tends to be quite the
resource hog, sometimes clocking in at 40+ meg virtual memory, 60+ meg of ram
just at idle** not even browsing, and to me this means a performance hit.
Also it has a tendancy to introduce some lag into a system because of its
slower scanning of packets (to most people 3ms to 20ms of lag is no big deal
for web browsing, but if youre a gamer, or watching alot of netvideo or
listen to netradio, this can cause undesirable drag on your network
performance).
Flexibility, information, and speed are my concern on a firewall anyways,
anyone have any suggestions on what to try?
**(you can check how much memory programs are using with a replacement task
manager called ProcX; http://www.ghostsecurity.com/procx/ ; i replace my task
managers with this on every computer i work with. Also worth mentioning,
ProcX can terminate tasks, unstoppable programs that the Windows task manager
cant stop, even options to Terminate and Rename, and Terminate and Delete, a
must-have utility for any IT or advanced computer user)