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What type of Firewall do you use?

Started by MrG, Jun 16 2005 04:10 PM

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Poll: What type of Firewall do you use? (207 member(s) have cast votes)

What type of Firewall do you use?

  1. Hardware (15 votes [7.25%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.25%

  2. Software (119 votes [57.49%])

    Percentage of vote: 57.49%

  3. Both Hardware and Software (68 votes [32.85%])

    Percentage of vote: 32.85%

  4. None (2 votes [0.97%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.97%

  5. What's a Firewall? (3 votes [1.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.45%

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#1 OFFLINE   MrG

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Posted 16 June 2005 - 04:10 PM

To start off the new security forum I thought I'd begin with a poll.
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Posted 16 June 2005 - 04:12 PM

I have a hardware firewall with my router.

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Posted 16 June 2005 - 04:44 PM

none for me :)
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Posted 16 June 2005 - 04:45 PM

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Posted 16 June 2005 - 05:09 PM

oh my god... a poll!

anyway, i uses zonealarm pro... but want to look for alternative... my brother uses windows firewall...
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Posted 16 June 2005 - 09:18 PM

Zonealarm,

Dj, why dont you use a firewall? Do you find them unnecessary?
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Posted 16 June 2005 - 09:26 PM

Yep.
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Posted 16 June 2005 - 09:33 PM

DjLizard, on Jun 16 2005, 10:26 PM, said:

Yep.

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Posted 16 June 2005 - 09:50 PM

I use ZoneAlarm.
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Posted 16 June 2005 - 10:00 PM

ZoneAlarm Pro + my routers firewall.
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Posted 17 June 2005 - 03:16 AM

I use zone alarm free

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Posted 17 June 2005 - 06:15 AM

Windows Firewall, because it has the least amount of bugs in all of the software-based firewalls I've currently tested.
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Posted 18 June 2005 - 06:18 PM

anyway, how does the poll know that i have voted...? member ID?
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Posted 18 June 2005 - 06:24 PM

agumon, on Jun 18 2005, 02:18 PM, said:

anyway, how does the poll know that i have voted...? member ID?

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Posted 18 June 2005 - 06:27 PM

oh... haha... just curious about it...
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Posted 19 June 2005 - 09:37 PM

Andavari, on Jun 17 2005, 07:15 AM, said:

Windows Firewall, because it has the least amount of bugs in all of the software-based firewalls I've currently tested.

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Windows firewall only blocks incoming traffic, so if something nasty such as a keylogger etc. does manage to get into your computer, then there is nothing to stop it from sending your data back out again.
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Posted 20 June 2005 - 06:01 AM

Yep, I already know of its failings however I do daily scans, and I'm always poking around in the registry so I'd notice anything.
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Posted 20 June 2005 - 06:17 PM

Call it indecision 2005, I switched back to ZoneAlarm -- I wonder how long that decision will last.
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Posted 21 June 2005 - 01:48 AM

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Posted 22 June 2005 - 09:10 AM

I use the firewall in Windows XP SP2.
Like with all Windows firewalls it is very trivial and sucks.
But it does enhance the security and it doesnt get in the way.


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