w2k - firewall offtopic

Cliff Meyers cliff at cliffmeyers.com
Wed Apr 28 10:46:12 EDT 2004


Justin,


I always liked Tiny Personal Firewall:

http://www.tinysoftware.com

I'm not sure what kind of license they distribute it under but maybe
it'll work better for you than ZoneAlarm.


-Cliff




On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:36:28 -0700 Justin Bennett <justin.bennett at dynabrade.com>
wrote:
>I'm looking for a w2k firewall (software) to install on a relatives
>PC. 
>Something that is VERY easy. Basically blocks incoming connections
>>
>unless initiated from the PC (like NAT). Zone alarm is nice except
>way 
>to hard for her to configure, when it asks for new services to be
>>
>allowed to access the internet I think it will be too confusing.
> I need 
>something for the very BASIC user, that provides good protection.
>She 
>had dialup and keeps getting infected when she is connected.
>
>Any Recomendations?
>
>Justin
>
>-- 
>Justin Bennett
>Network Administrator
>Dynabrade, Inc.
>8989 Sheridan Dr.
>Clarence, NY 14031



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