BlackICE

I used to be an avid fan of Blackice BEFORE iss bought it. Now it has become more useless then usefull, even tuning the firewall.ini file is worthless! I purchased my original copy of Blackice defender and simply loved it. I could set it to nervous, tweak the firewall.ini file to my liking and that was it.

Now iss is telling me i need to pay for an update. So why pay for something that will eventually cause problems, in some form or fashion? Not bad enough all the grief i went through in initial stages while they patched their code now i need to pay for more punishment? If im gonna pay my hard earned $$$ i want it to last longer then a year.

This has me rethinking the software firewall. Software firewalls are not firewalls!

I recently purchased a dlink 604 gateway router. Ill never use a software firewall again. (Although I do like Tiny pf) Within a few minutes of setting up the dlink and tweaking my rules Im set! This in conjunction with win 2k server log files, ill never need another resource hog of a software firewall again! Im not 100% happy with the dlink but i can see this is a step in the right direction.

So my advice is get a real firewall!

I like zone alarm pro with the added bonus firewall for linksys router.

But black Ice isnt all that bad.

I really like zonealarm pro 3.0, it is a big improvement on the older versions, and stops annoying pop up loading as well

Since I recognised, that you can completely crash old versions (!!) of BleckICE by sending a ICMP-Message (ping) with the size of 65535 Bytes (see bugtraq!!) i have no trust in this software anymore (or in any other windoze firewall...)!

Linux rulez!!!!

Ok, for the record, BlackICE actualy isnt NOT a firewall by classification. It doesnt really block anything but a set certain htings. And gives you no control over what its blocking. Just a few setting to block more. Therefore it is not a firewall, its and IDS (Intrusion Detection Software) and does nothing more than what IDS programs do. A Firewall is a fully configureble program to filter ALL data sent and recieved into a system. I reccomend Zone Alarm, or Atguard (If you can find a copy) as firewalls, but never BlackICE as a firewall. BlackICE is a good IDS tho.

BlackIce was not working for me! my buddy and i try every times we have something news an security if we can break the system, BlackIce was "sayd" nothing when i make contact with a server program an my buddies computer system. Zone alarm works a lot better but i prefer a spyware chekker to!

Humm from a real world standpoint and an owner swearing BlackIce was the best ohn his laptop, and then viewing logs, well his name was Dick and well he was one cause at a VPN this thing let in more stuff then I could evulate in the VPN log in a week. Post looks to me like an AD for BlackIce. Reaches for Ice Tea Green Sobie matter of fact, hint ice is not black unless it is thin and hidden in the shadows. :) nuff said

down w/ blackICE, up w/ TPF....tiny's a lot better than blkICE in my opinion

*/i don't have it currently because i had to reformat my hdd...& since a now out-of-state friend has my slackware.....:\ */

black ice ?? never ever again
I used the old version ( I purchased the original version). it´s like parking your porsche in your garage and the garage door is wide open. IDS ?? does not work at all. my recommodation:
tiny firewall for applikation , visnetic firewall for packet filtering ( or the former conseal ) and !!! for the hardware: trendmicro gatelock 200x for dsl connections. additionally a dsl router ( vigor 2000W ) and youre defence is better than the one from fort knox :-)