Firewalls

matt12685848 · 12-17-2005, 08:55 PM

I am currently using trend micro pccillin for my firewall and i dont like it, it uses 104 mb of my ram. Anyone know of a good firewall that uses little resources? How good is the default windows firewall?

mmaki · 12-17-2005, 08:58 PM

The default firewall in WindowsXP is better than nothing. More importantly, how do you connect to the Internet? Dial up or DSL/Cable modem? That will help determine the options you have.

Computer Genius · 12-17-2005, 09:27 PM

I use Zone Alarm and it is great.

Motoxrdude · 12-17-2005, 09:35 PM

ya get zonealarms. There free version is still great. uses something like 50mb of ram or less.

**jancz3rt** · 12-17-2005, 09:50 PM

My favorite firewall is KERIO PERSONAL FIREWALL - http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html

It's free and I prefer it to ZoneAlarm. However, I would give both a shot and then choose the one that suits you best.

JAN

elmarcorulz · 12-17-2005, 10:06 PM

I would recommend Sygate Personal Firewall. Again, its free and uses only 8MB of memory

**jancz3rt** · 12-18-2005, 09:28 PM

One thing to SPF:

Quote:

Important Notice: Effective November 30th, 2005 all Sygate consumer firewall products will be discontinued. For technical assistance with these products, please email SMBSupport@Symantec.com. In addition, the consumer firewall support forum will be available for 60 days per our standard support policy. Note: this end of life only applies to the consumer firewall products and does not affect Sygate's Enterprise firewall and endpoint compliance products, which are still be updated and supported. Thank you and we look forward to assisting you with the wonderful line of Symantec products. Please click here for Symantec Support.

If your Sygate Personal Firewall product is due for renewal, please visit Symantec's online store for special upgrade pricing on Norton products.
If you did not previously own a Sygate Personal Firewall product, please click here to visit Symantec's online store.

JAN

elmarcorulz · 12-18-2005, 09:47 PM

aww man.

matt12685848 · 12-19-2005, 04:28 AM

Wow, Sygate uses 8 mb ram!!?? I will try that
EDIT: Oh, just read your post JAN.....

matt12685848 · 12-19-2005, 04:34 AM

One thing i just noticed about my firewall, earlier i posted a thread of my ram bieng hogged up by windows and in that thread i realized how much ram my firewall was using. What i just noticed now is that after playing BF2 tmproxy went from using 104 mb ram to 3500 kb. Why isn't it just at 3500 kb at startup?

12-17-2005, 08:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
matt12685848 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 372	Firewalls I am currently using trend micro pccillin for my firewall and i dont like it, it uses 104 mb of my ram. Anyone know of a good firewall that uses little resources? How good is the default windows firewall? __________________ 3 GHz P4 HT processor ATI x700 Pro 256mb PCI-E graphics card 2 x 512 Dual Channel Ram 160GB 7200rpm hard drive ATI Tv Tuner Pro 1024 x 768, 75 Hz LCD Monitor 98% of the teenage population will try, does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this into your signature

12-17-2005, 09:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Motoxrdude Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nor Cal Age: 18 Posts: 6,451	ya get zonealarms. There free version is still great. uses something like 50mb of ram or less. __________________ RIP Mom 9/17/55-02/22/08.

12-17-2005, 09:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Hmmm My favorite firewall is KERIO PERSONAL FIREWALL - http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html It's free and I prefer it to ZoneAlarm. However, I would give both a shot and then choose the one that suits you best. JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

12-19-2005, 04:28 AM	#9 (permalink)
matt12685848 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 372	Wow, Sygate uses 8 mb ram!!?? I will try that EDIT: Oh, just read your post JAN..... __________________ 3 GHz P4 HT processor ATI x700 Pro 256mb PCI-E graphics card 2 x 512 Dual Channel Ram 160GB 7200rpm hard drive ATI Tv Tuner Pro 1024 x 768, 75 Hz LCD Monitor 98% of the teenage population will try, does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this into your signature

12-19-2005, 04:34 AM	#10 (permalink)
matt12685848 Gold Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 18 Posts: 372	One thing i just noticed about my firewall, earlier i posted a thread of my ram bieng hogged up by windows and in that thread i realized how much ram my firewall was using. What i just noticed now is that after playing BF2 tmproxy went from using 104 mb ram to 3500 kb. Why isn't it just at 3500 kb at startup? __________________ 3 GHz P4 HT processor ATI x700 Pro 256mb PCI-E graphics card 2 x 512 Dual Channel Ram 160GB 7200rpm hard drive ATI Tv Tuner Pro 1024 x 768, 75 Hz LCD Monitor 98% of the teenage population will try, does or has tried smoking pot. If you're one of the 2% who hasn't, copy & paste this into your signature

12-17-2005, 08:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
mmaki New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 13	The default firewall in WindowsXP is better than nothing. More importantly, how do you connect to the Internet? Dial up or DSL/Cable modem? That will help determine the options you have.

12-17-2005, 09:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Computer Genius Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 167	I use Zone Alarm and it is great.

12-17-2005, 10:06 PM	#6 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 22 Posts: 6,033	I would recommend Sygate Personal Firewall. Again, its free and uses only 8MB of memory

12-18-2005, 09:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 22 Posts: 6,033	aww man.

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