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Wow, that's disconcerting. Different product, but I'm almost tempted to uninstall the Comodo Firewall that's running on my Windows laptop out of fear that there

Wow, that's disconcerting. Different product, but I'm almost tempted to uninstall the Comodo Firewall that's running on my Windows laptop out of fear that there's some other blatant security blunder waiting to be exploited. Anyone have any suggestions for a free firewall alternative?

jrcii 11y ago
> Anyone have any suggestions for a free firewall alternative? pf on OpenBSD. Strong firewall, highly configurable, the syntax isn't bad, and there are even some decent books out on it.
- Splines 11y ago
  I've heard people running pf in a vm which their main OS talks to the rest of the world through. Sounds interesting but personally I'm sure I would get it wrong.
  - atemerev 11y ago
    *BSD (especially OpenBSD) is hard to get right in general, but configuring firewall there is a pure joy for some reason.
steckerbrett 11y ago
> I noticed their scan process is not using ASLR You can be pretty sure that none of their software is fit for purpose if they're not using basic protections for a process which runs as a super user and parses every file it can find.
- jessaustin 11y ago
  I think you have an extra "not" in there; it's hard to parse anyway.
jve 11y ago
Are you using Windows? What's wrong with the Built-in Advanced Firewall?
- josefresco 11y ago
  Pretty much this. I stopped using Comodo when the built in Firewall was "good enough" I did miss (briefly) the yay/nay for every connection that Comodo offered.
- ionised 11y ago
  It's reasonable to assume Windows Firewall on Windows 10 prevents the user from manually blocking connections to Microsoft advertising and telemetry domains.
detaro 11y ago
IMHO recent versions of Windows (7+) are best left with Windows Firewall and Defender.
tiagobraw 11y ago
I recommend Glasswire, it's a gui for the Windows firewall with a beautiful interface. It could be better, but is quite useful.
dubcanada 11y ago
https://www.glasswire.com/ https://www.glasswire.com/ is pretty good, not 100% sure how expensive it is but I believe there is a free version.

jrcii 11y ago

> Anyone have any suggestions for a free firewall alternative? pf on OpenBSD. Strong firewall, highly configurable, the syntax isn't bad, and there are even some decent books out on it.

Splines 11y ago
I've heard people running pf in a vm which their main OS talks to the rest of the world through. Sounds interesting but personally I'm sure I would get it wrong.
- atemerev 11y ago
  *BSD (especially OpenBSD) is hard to get right in general, but configuring firewall there is a pure joy for some reason.

steckerbrett 11y ago

> I noticed their scan process is not using ASLR You can be pretty sure that none of their software is fit for purpose if they're not using basic protections for a process which runs as a super user and parses every file it can find.

jessaustin 11y ago
I think you have an extra "not" in there; it's hard to parse anyway.

jve 11y ago

Are you using Windows? What's wrong with the Built-in Advanced Firewall?

josefresco 11y ago
Pretty much this. I stopped using Comodo when the built in Firewall was "good enough" I did miss (briefly) the yay/nay for every connection that Comodo offered.
ionised 11y ago
It's reasonable to assume Windows Firewall on Windows 10 prevents the user from manually blocking connections to Microsoft advertising and telemetry domains.

detaro 11y ago

IMHO recent versions of Windows (7+) are best left with Windows Firewall and Defender.

tiagobraw 11y ago

I recommend Glasswire, it's a gui for the Windows firewall with a beautiful interface. It could be better, but is quite useful.

dubcanada 11y ago

https://www.glasswire.com/ https://www.glasswire.com/ is pretty good, not 100% sure how expensive it is but I believe there is a free version.