Free firewall - recommendations.

[JohnnyLundgren]

Hello,

anyone who could give me a good suggestion concerning a free firewall ?

I was thinking that a VA could replace all the (cheaper) hardware firewalls we sell to customer presently and integrate also the firewall function in the same physical server as the rest of the VM:s.

My plan is to get rid of all problems a hardware firewall can bring like hanging problems, power supplies breaking down and firmware bugs.

Thanks,

Johnny

[RDPetruska]

Astaro makes a pretty good one (and is free for small uses) - even a VA version.

Comodo has some good free products as well - I use the personal firewall product myself... they also have some enterprise-class products, also for free.

[JohnnyLundgren]

Thanks, I will check these out.

[vmwareeval]

I would have to agree with the Comodo comment -- their Free firewall is excellent ... for geek types.

I switched from ZoneAlarm Free some time ago and really like Comodo. Comodo also uses less resources than ZoneAlarm.

However, for the "average" (i.e., non-technical) User, ZoneAlarm is fine and probably a little easier.

Also for a "hardware" Firewall, I highly recommend pfsense, which is based on m0n0wall -- it is very impressive.

[brugh]

check out monowall :smileyhappy: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/150