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Reged: 05/09/05
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Loc: Waltham, MA
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Re: Which firewall do you use?
03/28/12 06:47 AM
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> > > I used comodo free firewall for over a year without any issues,but now with > Windows > > > 8,comodo no longer works.I now need a new firewall other then Windows firewall. > > > > > > So which FW do you use? Suggestions? Opinions? Thanks! > > > > I use the hardware firewall in my Netgear router. Never gave it much thought. > Windows > > Firewall is disabled. > > > > S > > Same here. I use DD-WRT (open source router firmware) as my firewall. I don't use a > software firewall and also disable the Windows Firewall.
I'm curious why everyone disables the Windows firewall? The one thing a hardware firewall generally won't catch is illicit outbound traffic, i.e. your machine is compromised and some piece of malware is trying to phone home with your credit card number. I wouldn't go to the trouble of installing a 3rd party firewall, but the Windows firewall is good enough for this purpose. I can't say I've ever had a problem with it, or even had to configure or think about. At least, not since Windows 7 came out.
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