I've heard they are good, but haven't tested it. I'd be interested in 
comparisons between it and Vista's firewall. I'm very impressed with the 
granularity of Vista's FW, even though it can be tedious to set up. One can 
specify down to application, in or out, source IP, dest IP, ports and time of 
day for each rule, plus some. Only two complaints:

- no notification when something tries to go out that is blocked (minor issue 
if you trust it)

- there are lots of higher level summary setting panels that if one selects a 
generic "stop xxx type activity" could overwrite your settings done at a lower 
level. Once you go deep, don't change anything from above again, especially if 
it concerns sharing... It won't tell you it's about to delete your hand crafted 
settings.

So, how does Comodo compare? Is there other stuff worth the time too?

Thanks.

-Skip


Apptech wrote:
> Said by some (and them) to be the best software firewall 
> available.
> Free for any sort of use forever.
> Not a crippled version.
> No catches (they say)
> 
>         http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
> 
> Sounds too good to be true BUT it appears it may be true.
> 
> Ask me again when I get back from China :-) (leaving 
> tomorrow)
> 
> Note that WIN2K has a separate (older version) version.
> 
> More unbelievably good sounding free security products 
> (anti: malware, virus, spam, ... )
> 
>         http://www.comodo.com/products/free_products.html
> 
> They say that their main business is SSL site software and 
> that the free products are a form of cheap advertising of 
> their prowess. Good story anyway :-).
> 
> 
> 
> 
>         Russell
> 
> 
> 
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