2008/9/9 John Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > M Henri Day wrote: > >> 2008/9/9 Mike Fridley, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> I'm kind of intermediate when it comes to security software, but the free >>> AVG suite I have from Grisoft has done a perfect job at everything.... >>> >>> Hope that helps >>> >>> Mike Fridley, USA >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> Mike, on the relevant AVG webpage, prospective users are informed that >> neither AVG Free nor AVG Anti-Virus Pro (at € 34.49 per annum) provide a >> firewall. One is, however, provided by AVG Internet Security, which costs >> € >> 51.74 per annum.... >> >> Henri >> >> > To All: If you are using Linux, what firewall is recommended, since AVG is, > as far as I know, not available for Linux? Secondly, Windows has a firewall > of its own, thirdly, there is a pretty good one called Escan from MWTI.com, > which is NOT free, but pretty reasonable. :-)
> > -- > Old Sarge-John Boyle Old Sarge, Ubuntu, to take the Linux version with which I have some little familiarity, provides a Gnome firewall, «Lokkit» and a KDE counterpart, «Guarddog», both of which are included in the standard repositories and can be installed from Synaptic. I've no experience with either, however, as I've never felt the need for a firewall on my Ubuntu setup. Perhaps someone else here has used these or other Linux firewalls (of which there are a plethora) ?... As for firewalls for Windows, the free Comodo Firewall Pro has performed to my complete satisfaction on Vista. Unlike in the case of antivirus programmes, where, e g, Shadowserver provides objective testing with daily updates, I've never been able to find a website which provides objective measurements of firewall performance.... Henri
