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kumar · Dan Should Pay Me Joined: 15 Nov 2007 Posts: 591

I use stock since it doesn't really matter if you do not use windows much like me....But seriously what is the chance of someone hacking in....also i reformat a lot so doesn't apply for me....BUT on my other dell with only windows (don't ask) i use zonealarm. I still do not think it matters what firewall that we use....Can someone explain? I have not had trouble with my stock firewall ever.
Thanks
Kumar

testing123 · Dan Needs To Hire Me Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 480

Well after playing with Comodo for a little while now .... it has replaced ZoneAlarm Free for me.

Comodo (for me):
1) Is more Stable (example: resuming from Hibernation or running as a Service w/o Login or maintaining ARP Tables correctly)
2) Performs Faster
3) Uses Less Memory
4) Has more finite control over Firewall/Packets (like a "true" hardware firewall)
5) Minus: Can be WAY more complicated IF you use Expert settings (otherwise using Defaults it is as easy as ZoneAlarm)
6) Minus: Comodo 3.0 does not run on Win2k Pro if (you have to use previous version 2.4)

YMMV, but again, I only compared against ZoneAlarm Free -- both are Free so you can't go wrong. ZoneAlarm is still a great product

BTW, I had mistakenly thought that ZoneAlarm was using LESS memory than Comodo until I remembered that ZoneAlarm mem usage is broken up into numerous processes running on your PC:

ZoneAlarm = zlclient.exe + vsmon.exe (approx 14+MB in some tests I did)
Comodo = cfp.exe (approx 3.5MB)

Again, no affiliation with either Product.
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Xen1969 · Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:07 am Post subject:

Don't know how I missed this thread in the past.

XP built-in firewall at the moment. I've used ZoneAlarm Pro in the past.

Tourist · Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 6

I also missed this section!

I know I'm going to be shot down for this but I use Sunbelt on all my systems. 1 xp desktop, 1 xp laptop and 1 xp mce laptop.
Only problems I have ever had was a USB lockup (until I specified drive letters for MJ) and testing fax using internal modem to MJ on same machine (yes I laughed as well). Otherwise my MJs work great both for speech and fax.

Very Happy

dukeomaha · MagicJack User Joined: 17 Jan 2008 Posts: 41

Kerio 2.1.5 (the last free version). It's very light on system resources. Newer versions are no good - just bloatware. Working flawlessly with MJ and all my other needs.

I used to like Outpost firewall but got tired of having to renew the license.

mufon · Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject:

I like the Tellabs ONT612 boot loader. I don't think it's much of a packet filter, but damn that bandwidth is insane!
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DCSholtis · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:34 am Post subject:

None of the Above. I use the Mac built-in firewall.