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Firewall and Win 2KHello all,
I have a home development server and need a simple, easy to use and preferably free firewall. Is there such a thing? If not free at lease good. I have had Symantec’s 2002 firewall running but the updates do not work on Win servers. Much thanks David S Hi Stibbs
You may try ZoneAlarm, there is a free (limited) version, but it does the work: http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/comparison.jsp?lid=ho_za Other recommended products for PC health: Spybot Search & Destroy: http://www.spybot.info/es/index.html SpywareBlaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/ Both are shareware. Best regards, Jorge Pérez Stibbs wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Hello all, > > I have a home development server and need a simple, easy to use > and preferably free firewall. Is there such a thing? If not free at lease > good. > > I have had Symantec’s 2002 firewall running but the updates do not work on > Win servers. > > Much thanks > David S > What sort of connection do you have? most broadband routers now come with
NAT/firewall capabilities, which should certainly be switched on and correctly configured. that's the outside layer of the onion taken care of, then you may (or may not but I'd recommend it in many situations) also want a host-based firewall such as Zone Alarm as Jorge recommended, for an extra layer of defence if you have wireless access or other machines in your network, this is a good idea. There are numerous others available too, try www.download.com for a selection -- Show quoteHide quoteJason Brown Microsoft GTSC, IIS This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Stibbs" <Sti***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2C102470-4C95-48B7-9D41-021E59E03A9C@microsoft.com... > Hello all, > > I have a home development server and need a simple, easy to use > and preferably free firewall. Is there such a thing? If not free at lease > good. > > I have had Symantec's 2002 firewall running but the updates do not work on > Win servers. > > Much thanks > David S > Besides, www.zonealarm.com, there is also www.kerio.com and www.sygate.com.
All are free software firewalls and are as good as the software firewalls you pay for. Show quoteHide quote "Stibbs" <Sti***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2C102470-4C95-48B7-9D41-021E59E03A9C@microsoft.com... > Hello all, > > I have a home development server and need a simple, easy to use > and preferably free firewall. Is there such a thing? If not free at lease > good. > > I have had Symantec's 2002 firewall running but the updates do not work on > Win servers. > > Much thanks > David S > On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:05:06 -0800, Stibbs
<Sti***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I have a home development server and need a simple, easy to use Have you tried Google?>and preferably free firewall. Is there such a thing? If not free at lease >good. >I have had Symantec’s 2002 firewall running but the updates do not work on Unless you buy the server version of course.>Win servers. Best would be a small hardware firewall, such as those by SonicWall or Watchguard. Next would be a dedicated firewall system running IP Cop or Enguarde or another secure Linux derivative. Last choice would be a personal firewall, which is what you seem to be looking for. Google only lists a bazillion of these, so take your pick. Jeff |
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