[geeks] Win32 personal firewall poll

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 -------------- Original message from Phil Stracchino <alaric at caerllewys.net>: --------------
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<BR>> Quickie poll:
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<BR>> Out of those who will admit to operating win32 boxen, whi likes which
<BR>> "personal" firewalls and why?
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<BR>> I'll start off by noting that I'm currently using ZoneAlarm on our Win2K
<BR>> boxen (which are also behind a Linux iptables firewall/NAT box).  I like
<BR>> its ability to permit or deny local and Internet network access, both as
<BR>> client and as server, on a program-by-program basis, but I'm getting
<BR>> tired of it occasionally forgetting which programs are supposed to have
<BR>> access (even when they're right there in its configuration) and having
<BR>> to be reminded after every reboot that they're allowed access.  I'd like
<BR>> to replace ZoneAlarm with a firewall that possesses that same ability,
<BR>> or similar, but not the annoying amnesia (if such a beast exists).
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I use ZoneAlarm on my laptop but it doesn't seem to have that much amnesia.

I've been keeping up with the updates.  What annoys me is when it gives a
popup and doesn't give you the chance to select to remember the setting.
Of couse being a teacher, my work is not as "mission critical" as other
people's work and I have plenty of backups in disks and machines. ;->

Bob