[TriLUG] Windows Software Firewall Recommendations

[Dave Sorenson]

I've had good experiences with the free version of zone alarm.
www.zonelabs.com

Dave S.

> Hello everyone,
> I know this is a Linux group primarily, but I do see some mention of
> Windows occasionally so I thought I would get some opinions on a matter
> I'm dealing with at work.
>
> We have a few Win2k machines out on the Internet - not behind a firewall
> at all.  I could move them behind a more secure firewall in the future
> but that would take allot of head butting with the developer.  Hopefully
> in the future I can get the developer to move from windows tomcat to a
> Linux lava servlet - but that would be impossible right now.
>
> The only current option is to use some software firewalls on each box.
>
> So, I would like to, by the end of the week, have several of our Win2k
> boxes protected by a software firewall and I'm asking for
> recommendations.  I know there are allot out there and most of them are
> very resource intensive.  Sygate and our tomcat just didn't get along
> for whatever reason in one trial.  I think the developer told me
> something about high memory usage.
>
> So what do you guys recommend for software firewalls on windows boxes in
> an enterprise type of environment?
>
> Thanks
> Aaron Caudle
> Netlert Communications/Softbase Systems
> SPeeDSiN.NET
>
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