RE: firewalls - Netgear router with...

["Niemann, Randall" <randall.niemann@us.sema.com>]

Netgear router along with Zone Alarm Pro. or the free
version of Zone Alarm.  www.zonealarm.com works great
plenty of flexibility - works great.



-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Hardin [mailto:matthew@hardin.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 5:47 PM
To: ajug-members@ajug.org
Subject: Re: firewalls


I've used several different firewalls over the past year. The first being a 
linux box. Though fast and reliable, keeping up with linux from an admin 
standpoint was more than I wanted to devote time to, but nor was it 
probably entirely necessary. I then went to a Linksys router which I 
loathed. I have DSL/PPPOE though, not cable. Seems there are a lot of 
issues with Linksys and PPPOE.  I then switched to a Netgear router, which 
is based of off a linux OS it seems, and that thing has run reliably and 
flawlessly for nearly 2 years. It is very configurable in terms of filters 
and such, much the way a linux OS would be configured for a firewall. I 
highly recommend them for the less than $100 you can pick one up for.

Matthew
matthew@hardin.net

At 03:17 PM 8/7/2002 -0400, Wade Steele wrote:
>What is the best firewall to use for a home PC that's connected via cable
>modem?  Is there any freeware that would do the trick, or do I need to
>purchase something to be safe?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Wade