Best Free Firewall

[Alan]

Now this could be a tricky subject in the sense of one man's poison is another man's cup of tea etc.
Everybody has there own choice of firewall from subscription paid to free to the Windows XP SP2 firewall.
But here is a site that lists the results from leak tests they have performed and I think it would be no suprise to anyone that the Windows XP firewall failed on EVERY test!
The suprise may well be on the winner, in fact it passed the tests with 100% on default settings and is FREE!!!

Check how your firewall stacked up here.

[Daniel]

From the comments I've read on the net, I have to say that these results reflect the current situation. You'll be surprised to see popular companies such as Norton, McAffee and Zone Arlam Free on the bottom side of the chart. I am also surprised to see AVG at the bottom, since their free Anti-Virus is one of the best.

Alan, do you suggest using a firewall (software) when you use a router?

Again, thanks for sharing this with us, very very interesting

[Alan]

To be honest with you Daniel, I think the security that my router offers is good enough. I have it locked down as much as I can.