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

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Hi Stibbs

You may try ZoneAlarm, there is a free (limited) version, but it does
the work:

http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conte...d=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:
> 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
>

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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


--
Jason Brown
Microsoft GTSC, IIS

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Stibbs" <Stibbs@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
>

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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.


"Stibbs" <Stibbs@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
>

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On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 13:05:06 -0800, Stibbs
<Stibbs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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.

Have you tried Google?

>I have had Symantec’s 2002 firewall running but the updates do not work o
n
>Win servers.

Unless you buy the server version of course.

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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