Re: The best firewall is?

From: Donald McDaniel (orthocrossNOSPAMPLEASE_at_cablespeed.com)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:44:25 -0700

"Casey" <casey@nosuch.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b352a1499355a7a989733@news.west.earthlink.net
> In article <6jgmc0pse4e8ra3ktktp6ah1qjgek03s99@4ax.com>,
> badnews@hansenonline.net says...
>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:21:05 +0200, ]-[ans spoketh
>>
>>> At the moment I'm using NIS 2004 Pro. To my opinion it's using to
>>> much resources during surfing the internet. I want to give another
>>> firewall a try.
>>>
>>> Although I know that firewalling is very much subject to personal
>>> preferences, I want to ask: What is the best software firewall......
>>> _______________________
>>> ]-[ans
>>
>> There is no "best" firewall.
>>
>> The best firewall is the one you are most familiar with. There's
>> plenty of free options out there, including ZoneAlarm, Tiny, Kerio
>> and Outpost.
>>
>> It should be noted that NIS is more than just a firewall. If you opt
>> to remove it, you should also consider getting a new anti-virus
>> solution.
>>
>> Lars M. Hansen
>> www.hansenonline.net
>> Remove "bad" from my e-mail address to contact me.
>> "If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?"
>>
> There's plenty
> of free options out there, including Sygate, ZoneAlarm, Tiny, Kerio
> and Outpost.

Tell me, Casey: How in God's name do you think those companies are able to
offer "free" versions of their software? I'll tell you how: Your "free"
copy is subsidized by countless other people who PAY for their software. As
a result of paying for their software, they get better products and support.

I (along with many others) am paying for your "free" software. You didnt
think that the programmers were going to work for free, did you? How about
the server you downloaded that "free" software from? Someone had to PAY for
the overhead of maintaining a server in the first place. Such things COST
MONEY and TIME. SOMEONE has to pay for it, some where down the line.

Stop sucking off Uncle Sugar's tits, and start paying your way for a change.
You will feel better about yourself, and have a superior product and service
for it.

By the way, the days of 50kbyte files went the wayside when DOS 6.22 was
exchanged for Windows XP. In these days of 1gig of memory, there is no need
to conserve each byte of memory. Such may have been the case when 640k was
the limit of memory, but things have grown since then. 

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