Re: Free software firewalls I have never heard of before

From: Jim Scott (mr.jimscott_at_Xvirgin.net)
Date: 09/07/05 

Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 14:24:32 GMT

On 07 Sep 2005 14:06:23 GMT, nemo_outis wrote:

> Franklin <no_thanks@mail.com> wrote in news:96CA5D2A7EB2071F3M4@
> 204.153.244.156:
>
>> I was looking for an alternative freeware firewall (I don't like
>> ZA, Sygate is nice but I get problems with it, Kerio 2.1.5 is too
>> technical for me, and Outpost is too hard to work out)
>>
>> I thought I had tried all the free firewalls but then I came
>> across this web page:
>> <http://www.klitetools.com/index.php?action=news&catid=47>
>>
>> I have never heard of products like these:
>>
>> R-Firewall 1.0 Build 53
>> Look n Stop Lite 1.04
>> Securepoint Personal Firewall 3.7.1
>> WyvernWorks Firewall 5.2
>> Filseclab Personal Firewall 2.5
>> SoftPerfect Personal Firewall 1.4.1
>> Jetico Personal Firewall 1.0.1.61
>>
>> Are they fully functioning full-strength firewalls? Many look as
>> if they are only just out of beta if the version number is
>> anything to go by.
>>
>> But others seems to have a mature version number and I have never
>> heard of them.
>>
>> What do people know about these?
>>
>> Frank
>
>
> I don't know about the others but Look n Stop (the full version)
> regularly takes turns with Outpost as the number 1 firewall in
> independent reviews. (Look n Stop isn't very well known, though.)
>
> See, for instance:
>
> www.firewallleaktester.com (that's 3 L's in a row!)

Look n Stop is not freeware. 

-- 
Jim 
         Tyneside UK

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