Tiny Firewall - a thumbs up.
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Tiny Firewall - a thumbs up.
Just a thumbs up for the TINY Firewall package. Version 2.0 is free and very functional.
A very small footprint, both in code and resources. It is a little short on fancy reporting - graphs and such - just a logfile, but it is very effective. Every test I have run against it shows my computer to not even be logged in. Stealth in every way - and I know all the numbers for my own machine. Impressive.
Anyway, if you are looking for a change or even a start with a firewall - take a look at TINY. It is the standard package for the USAF computers and many other large organisations - so it can't be bad.
There is a pay version (3.0) - but as far as I can see the protection is the same, but the administration / reporting is better. I for one don't see the point of that - I just need to know that all those nasty "requests" are blocked.
The URL :
TINY SOFTWARE - Firewall
MG
A very small footprint, both in code and resources. It is a little short on fancy reporting - graphs and such - just a logfile, but it is very effective. Every test I have run against it shows my computer to not even be logged in. Stealth in every way - and I know all the numbers for my own machine. Impressive.
Anyway, if you are looking for a change or even a start with a firewall - take a look at TINY. It is the standard package for the USAF computers and many other large organisations - so it can't be bad.
There is a pay version (3.0) - but as far as I can see the protection is the same, but the administration / reporting is better. I for one don't see the point of that - I just need to know that all those nasty "requests" are blocked.
The URL :
TINY SOFTWARE - Firewall
MG
TINY
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From: Brighton. UK. (Via Liverpool).
I have had it for ages now and tested it too. Says i am invisible to everyone, all ports blocked. Anything that i replace on my pc, it will ask me if i want to replace version x with version y. Excellent stuff. 
Best of all its(was) free.
Best of all its(was) free.
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From: New Zealand
That is a fairly obvious commercial progression. But nevermind. There is actually a better alternative, although not quite as small a footprint, but if you have 128M or better this will work:
Sygate Personal Firewall
Sygate make a personal firewall. It has a lot more features and is very informative. Some of the nicer bits of Tiny are missing, but it works well. I use this now and have no complaints at all.
MG
Sygate Personal Firewall
Sygate make a personal firewall. It has a lot more features and is very informative. Some of the nicer bits of Tiny are missing, but it works well. I use this now and have no complaints at all.
MG
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From: UK
A quick surf found version 2.0 still available at http://download.com.com/3000-2092-6313778.html?tag=list .
I also found ZoneAlarm to be very good, with the paid for version excellent on out 2 computer home network.
I also found ZoneAlarm to be very good, with the paid for version excellent on out 2 computer home network.
