So, back in the day (up to yesterday), I used Sygate as my firewall in XP. But today, I have come to find out that the only version I can seem to find, doesn't work on Windows 7 64-bit. So, if anyone has any links to a compatible version of sygate or a similar (free) firewall, I would greatly appreciate it!
(namely looking for a bandwidth monitor that is consequently a firewall)
Thanks in advance!
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A router.
Honestly, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Windows Firewall. I don't see the reason behind getting a different one.
Well, my router is a piece of crap and I haven't figured out how to make windows firewall display current bandwidth usage yet.
[QUOTE=Jallen;19624442]Honestly, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Windows Firewall. I don't see the reason behind getting a different one.[/QUOTE]
I read this argument very often, and I'm afraid I disagree.
From the moment you installed Sygate, EVERY CONNECTION, whether incoming OR OUTGOING, was denied by default. From there, you had several options: allow once, deny once, always allow, always deny. You also had the ability to create rules to allow or deny connections depending on criteria such as host name, IP address, protocol, incoming or outgoing.
It was not "user friendly" (better known as "drool-proof"), it didn't try to guess which programs to allow or deny. It let you make all the decisions.
Maybe it's because I don't understand Windows Firewall or am not making effective use of it, but I fail to see how the two compare. Once in a great while I will get a notification from Windows Firewall that "certain features of this program were blocked". That's it. In my view, Windows Firewall doesn't provide anywhere near the granularity or control that Sygate did.
P.S. Sorry for necroing the thread. I didn't pay attention to the date of the last post. I'm still using Windows 7 64 bit, and the way Windows 10 disenfranchises and patronizes users, steals their data and shows intrusive advertising, it's the last version of Windows I am ever going to have.
You can configure all of that through Windows Firewall as well. Its just fairly permissive by default, because it would be unusable for the end user otherwise.
You probably have only ever seen the normal Windows Firewall control panel which is for making things easy for end users, and is about as dumbed down as it gets. The "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" panel is the one you want. Its level of control is about what you would get with a proper business firewall. As well as being intelligent enough to attach rules to programs and even user accounts. Its Active Directory aware. Its Powershell configurable and can be configured centrally using GPO's. It also changes policies based on if you define a network as public or private (which is why it asks when you connect to a new network).
I don't think your giving it enough credit. Its certainly overkill for most use cases, especially residential use.
[QUOTE=Ray Culp;50830693]Windows 10 disenfranchises and patronizes users, steals their data and shows intrusive advertising, it's the last version of Windows I am ever going to have.[/QUOTE]
Two thirds of the things you mentioned here are nothing more than fear mongering, first point is fair though.
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