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Speed Figure
01-13-2005, 12:43 AM
Does anyone know of a good FREE firewall program?

46zilzal
01-13-2005, 12:51 AM
You need a physical firewall to be in any way effective...and even that has leaks

kingfin66
01-13-2005, 01:02 AM
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Dick Schmidt
01-13-2005, 02:29 AM
Both the last two posters are right. You do need a hardware firewall. Use a router even if you only have one computer. They are cheap nowadays and offer the best low priced security.


Zone Alarm is also a good thing. I use both and when I last looked, ZA had blocked over 200,000 attempts to access my computer. It said that 37 of them were "serious" attempts. I'm not sure what serious means in this case, but I'd rather not have them playing on my hard drive. Best of all, Zone Alarm is free, easy to use and very effective.


Dick


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