Firewall question

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:58 pm

Guys, my router does not have a firewall so i am going to have to use s/w one. Which is best free and paid for ones. thx

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:57 pm

The one included with windows is just fine.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:59 pm

CableDude wrote:The one included with windows is just fine.

CD, u sure about that?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:27 pm

CableDude wrote:The one included with windows is just fine.

I 2nd this... it will prevent something from using outgoing traffic but the main thing here is not to click on crap to allow something to gain a foothold to begin with.

TonyT · Post by **TonyT** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:19 am

Agreed, your router has an INCOMING firewall, so just use Windows firewall to handle outbound stuff.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:29 am

TonyT wrote:your router has an INCOMING firewall,

This!

Home grade routers default to gateway mode, so it's running NAT..and that IS a hardware firewall providing protection from all unrequested inbound traffic by default. This is the most important thing you should be concerned about.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:50 am

24giovanni wrote:CD, u sure about that?

as cat also said,the hardware firewall in your router is a great security component,

I use my router firewall and windows fw.

if you want to test your system,this site works good.

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 10:42 am

Where are the settings in Comodo to disable inbound and only alert on outbound?

I'm looking at Network Security Policy but not sure what to do in order to only monitor outbound traffic.

24giovanni · Post by **24giovanni** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:44 pm

Ok, I take what u guys say and go with that.

thx