What's the best firewall?

[Ennis]

http://www.digital.com Altavista Firewall 97
http://www.baynetworks.com BaySecure Firewall-1
http://www.cisco.com Centri Firewall
http://www.compaq.com Compaq ProSignia 200 Firewall Server
http://www.cyberguard.com Cyberguard Firewall
http://www.digitivity.com Digitivity CAGE
http://www.elronsoftware.com Elron Firewall
http://www.ibm.com eNetwork Firewall
http://www.checkpoint.com Firewall-1
http://www.tis.com Gauntlet Internet Firewall
http://www.gta.com GFX Internet Firewall System
http://www.gnatbox.com GNAT Box Firewall
http://www.ntguard.com Guardian 3.0 Firewall for NT v3.0
http://www.tlogic.com nterceptor Firewall Appliance
http://www.microsoft.com Microsoft Proxy Server v2.0
http://www.netscreen.com Netscreen-10, Netscreen-100
http://www.norman.com Norman Firewall
http://www.timestep.com Permit/Gate Firewall
http://www.cisco.com PIX Firewall
http://www.axent.com Raptor Firewall
http://www.securecomputing.com Secure Computing Firewall for NT 3.0.1
http://www.ascend.com SecureConnect
http://www.milkyway.com SecurIT Firewall
http://www.abirnet.com SessionWall-3
http://www.sun.com Sun Screen EFS 2.0
http://www.watchguard.com WatchGuard Security System


The regulars:
www.tinysoftware.com
www.zonelabs.com
www.neoworx.com -my personal choice.

Do what you will but remember choose the one that suits you not the most popular firewall.

[micael]

Thanks Ennis for the good links!



More links to Firewall's and related sites.

Drawbridge (freebsd firewall).
Falcon Firewall (open firewall project).
WebTrends (firewall reporting solutions).
Freedom (personal firewall)
eSafe (personal firewall).
T REX (unix/linux firewall).
Securepoint (My first choice, dedicated machine).
SmoothWall (My second choice, dedicated machine).
Nexus (linux firewall).
GShield (iptables firewall).
The FireWall ToolKit (build your own firewall).
FREESCO (single floppy disk router).
FloppyFW (single floppy disk firewall).
Firestarter (firewall tool for Linux).

Do what you will but remember choose the one that suits you not the most popular firewall.

Listen to this and try many firewall solutions until you'll find the perfect match for your needs. Remember, it's also good to have security in several layers. For example a dedicated firewall/router + IDS + Personal firewalls on the clients.. And remeber to read the logs !