firewall question

[king]

does anyone know of a good, very simple firewall that installs easy?
I am looking for something that can control outbound traffic easily.

I want to be able to see what application is making what connection and be able to stop it
from connecting to some internet server without my knowledge.
in other words – I need to be able to selectively give a yes or no for each app that requests
outbound connection.


if there is a firewall that does not require install, that would be even better.

just imagine you have a cracked application and you need to know if app
"phones home" but you cannot really install it because it runs on a server with teamed NICs.

[auron]

I've heard that Zone Alarm is a good one. I use an external router myself, which has it's own built in protection. I'd recommend getting one.

[lucifershammer]

i use mcafee. i like it.

[johnpeters]

i use mcafee. i like it.

I use the Filseclab firewall which is free. It's powerful and easy to use although it does need installing.

http://www.filseclab.com/eng/products/firewall.htm

Zone Alarm apparantly reports your activities to Mosad.

[graflok]

I want to be able to see what application is making what connection and be able to stop it
from connecting to some internet server without my knowledge.
in other words – I need to be able to selectively give a yes or no for each app that requests
outbound connection.


ZoneAlarm will let you do that. They have a free personal version and a Pro version that costs something. I use the free one.

graflok

[midwich cuckoo]

I've been using ZoneAlarm (free version) for over a year and it's done a good job so far.

Mosad can kiss my ring!. :D