Originally posted by Stronzo


What exactly is your definition of 'proper configuring'?
Well, I've recently had some bad luck with the latest version (which might just be an interaction with my proxy software), but the older version I used before that was pretty good. I think the idea is that it takes a lot more configuration than, say, ZoneAlarm. It's the trade off between flexibility dumbed-down-ness. Tiny can be given all sorts of rulesets regarding local/remote end-points, protocol type, local program, MD5 checksums, trusted hosts list, only valid during a certain time interval...

It requires a lot more knowledge of TCP/IP to use than just a local-application-based firewall, which was what ZA seemed to be. (Las time I used it... a long time ago, actually. I feel old. Heh.)