Comments on: Comodo Firewall 3 Alpha Compatible with Vista http://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/ Technology News Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-98428 Ryan Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:37:58 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/06/12/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98428 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-98387">The Slasher wrote:</a><blockquote>They're taking their damn time to get this thing out :roll:</blockquote></div> Yeah, they were supposed to be at this stage back in April, so they are definitely trailing a little behind. As long as they make some nice steps forward I'm okay with delays. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-98388">bloodsugarwilksm wrote:</a><blockquote>I'm so excited for this! I really want a great and free firewall for Vista. I am still waiting for Zone Alarm to come out with their Vista stuff. Ryan, let us know ANYTHING you find out about Zone's progress. </blockquote></div> CoryC just emailed me a tip pointing to news of ZoneAlarm's Vista compatible software: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/06/zonealarm_for_windows_vista_re.html I'll be writing about that tomorrow. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-98390">blaszta wrote:</a><blockquote>Hi Ryan, I use Comodo in my old XP system but I'm currently using PC Tools Firewall Plus since it the only free firewall for Vista yet. Is it stable enough so I can switch to this Alpha version or should I wait until the final version? Thx!</blockquote></div> Seeing that this is the very first release I would recommend holding off. It is still in the Alpha stages and I wouldn't use it on a production machine until at least Beta. From what I could tell it seemed pretty solid, but with firewalls and antivirus software there are a lot of things going on underneath...and you don't want any of that to do something wrong. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-98398">apoorva wrote:</a><blockquote>why would one need a 3rd party firewall for vista?it has a good firewall which monitors outgoing and incoming connections(though outgoing connections are not blocked by default and you have to search for it in the control panel).....with xp, i agree, this is a good firewall....</blockquote></div> The firewall in Vista is essentially the same as what's in Vista. It provides the basic protection, but some people (like myself) enjoy the added protection of a full firewall application. The Slasher wrote:
They’re taking their damn time to get this thing out :roll:

Yeah, they were supposed to be at this stage back in April, so they are definitely trailing a little behind. As long as they make some nice steps forward I’m okay with delays.

bloodsugarwilksm wrote:
I’m so excited for this! I really want a great and free firewall for Vista. I am still waiting for Zone Alarm to come out with their Vista stuff.

Ryan, let us know ANYTHING you find out about Zone’s progress.

CoryC just emailed me a tip pointing to news of ZoneAlarm’s Vista compatible software:
[blog.washingtonpost.com]

I’ll be writing about that tomorrow.

blaszta wrote:
Hi Ryan,

I use Comodo in my old XP system but I’m currently using PC Tools Firewall Plus since it the only free firewall for Vista yet. Is it stable enough so I can switch to this Alpha version or should I wait until the final version?

Thx!

Seeing that this is the very first release I would recommend holding off. It is still in the Alpha stages and I wouldn’t use it on a production machine until at least Beta. From what I could tell it seemed pretty solid, but with firewalls and antivirus software there are a lot of things going on underneath…and you don’t want any of that to do something wrong.

apoorva wrote:
why would one need a 3rd party firewall for vista?it has a good firewall which monitors outgoing and incoming connections(though outgoing connections are not blocked by default and you have to search for it in the control panel)…..with xp, i agree, this is a good firewall….

The firewall in Vista is essentially the same as what’s in Vista. It provides the basic protection, but some people (like myself) enjoy the added protection of a full firewall application.

]]> By: apoorva http://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-98398 apoorva Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:15:41 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/06/12/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98398 why would one need a 3rd party firewall for vista?it has a good firewall which monitors outgoing and incoming connections(though outgoing connections are not blocked by default and you have to search for it in the control panel).....with xp, i agree, this is a good firewall.... why would one need a 3rd party firewall for vista?it has a good firewall which monitors outgoing and incoming connections(though outgoing connections are not blocked by default and you have to search for it in the control panel)…..with xp, i agree, this is a good firewall….

]]> By: blaszta http://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-98390 blaszta Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:56:58 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/06/12/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98390 Hi Ryan, I use Comodo in my old XP system but I'm currently using PC Tools Firewall Plus since it the only free firewall for Vista yet. Is it stable enough so I can switch to this Alpha version or should I wait until the final version? Thx! Hi Ryan,

I use Comodo in my old XP system but I’m currently using PC Tools Firewall Plus since it the only free firewall for Vista yet. Is it stable enough so I can switch to this Alpha version or should I wait until the final version?

Thx!

]]> By: bloodsugarwilksm http://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-98388 bloodsugarwilksm Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:53:52 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/06/12/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98388 I'm so excited for this! I really want a great and free firewall for Vista. I am still waiting for Zone Alarm to come out with their Vista stuff. Ryan, let us know ANYTHING you find out about Zone's progress. Thanks! I’m so excited for this! I really want a great and free firewall for Vista. I am still waiting for Zone Alarm to come out with their Vista stuff.

Ryan, let us know ANYTHING you find out about Zone’s progress.

Thanks!

]]> By: The Slasher http://cybernetnews.com/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-98387 The Slasher Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:04:53 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/06/12/comodo-firewall-3-alpha-compatible-with-vista/#comment-98387 They're taking their damn time to get this thing out :roll: They’re taking their damn time to get this thing out :roll:

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