On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:30:35 am M Henri Day wrote: > 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
I run Kubuntu, and use kmyfirewall because I could configure it to suit my needs. I have another system which uses ipkungfu. They both seem to work well, but I am not directly on the internet (I am behind a NAT bridge). ipkungfu probably has a more automated setup. There are many others - when you first install you are usually offered the choice of installing a firewall, and your distribution's favourite one will be installed. shorewall and fwbuilder both seem to popular. They all use iptables to make the actual firewall. Look at ShieldsUp on www.grc.com to test your firewall. Peter Barker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
