Re: The best firewall is?

From: Lars M. Hansen (badnews_at_hansenonline.net)
Date: 06/14/04 

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 07:15:42 -0400

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 20:11:14 -0700, Donald McDaniel spoketh

>
>If you people are so enamored with commercial software, WHY are you not
>RECOMMENDING it, instead of "free" software?

What difference does it make? The OP already has a "commercial" software
firewall, and he was looking for a replacement that were less taxing on
his system. The answer to that question is not going to be McAfee,
because that is just as big and bulky, if not more.

Considering the fact that the free options, such as Kerio, Outpost,
Tiny, and ZoneAlarm are all good options, (just as good firewalls as the
commercial options), why not recommend the free ones? Should one not
recommend something because it's cheap or free?

You mentioned earlier that ZAP has some features that the free version
does have, such as pop-up blockers and content blocking. Well, not
everyone needs or wants that, so why pay for ZAP if the freeware
solution does the job? Do you think everyone has a rich dad to pay for
everything??

Lars M. Hansen
http://www.hansenonline.net
(replace 'badnews' with 'news' in e-mail address)

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