tinywall firewall

[eyeb]

just found out about tinywall from lifehackers, seems like a solid little firewall. so far from what I've seen, it doesn't prompt new programs for connections or have hips but it does what a firewall should. Adding new programs to it is easy too, I've not have much success with the detect mode though. So far it's as good a sygate replacement (without logging) as I've found on win7. I like it because it does it's job and nothing more

http://tinywall.pados.hu/

[MidnightCowboy]

I've been following this here:

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=309739

This is still very much a work in progress and IMO I wouldn't advise anyone to switch to this from what they are already using.

[eyeb]

hm mind telling what part of that thread makes you not advise people to switch?

From my use of it, it's a light firewall, doesn't seem to have a bug yet that I've seen (but I've only used it for about a day... so it isn't saying a lot) But the thread gives me hope, an active developer behind it, and no outstanding flaws that's been brought up from what I've read

edit, i mean aside from it being in development and beta-like... i don't see a problem with switching to it if people dont mind this

[MidnightCowboy]

I always try to advise based on our majority audience which is mostly average users. For them, moving away from Windows firewall or whichever third party alternative they are using at present is not a good idea. Having something "in development" is commendable, but IMO only of real use to security enthusiasts, many of which inhabit Wilders, or for testing purposes.

[eyeb]

hm, thought this place was to suggest alternatives but if you dont want us to move away from our current software...

[Rompin Raider]

Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

I always try to advise based on our majority audience which is mostly average users. For them, moving away from Windows firewall or whichever third party alternative they are using at present is not a good idea. Having something "in development" is commendable, but IMO only of real use to security enthusiasts, many of which inhabit Wilders, or for testing purposes.

Little off topic but you and the gang (yes Bo too) have a great New Years and thanks for all of your work! RR

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by Rompin Raider

Little off topic but you and the gang (yes Bo too) have a great New Years and thanks for all of your work! RR

Thanks! Without yourself and all our other members though we'd be a bit stuck for work, so thanks for supporting the site, and contributing here in the forum, during the past year.

[MidnightCowboy]

See also the comment from the developer here:

http://www.freewarebb.com/files/file...l/#comment_999

"It wasn't my intention to distribute the 1.0-series to such wide audiences as it is happening right now all over the internet, but someone uploaded it to two major download sites, and from there on it was unstoppable. My point is, only the next major version will have the function set and maturity that I originally conceived. I do realize where TinyWall lacks and what it misses, but 1.0 was never intended to be used by so many people in the first place".

I would again advise caution and suggest this is not the time to switch to this except for testing purposes.

[eyeb]

midnight, i admit you were right lol
while i do like tinyfirewall, i have found that it seems to block some images in firefox, no idea why because it's random. I would get blank pages sometimes then when i disabled firewall it would show up again

but i still stick by my initial impressions that this is a good product and will get better with next releases. so yes, it might be too soon for a complete switch unless someone just likes to play with new software like i do.

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by eyeb

midnight, i admit you were right lol
while i do like tinyfirewall, i have found that it seems to block some images in firefox, no idea why because it's random. I would get blank pages sometimes then when i disabled firewall it would show up again

but i still stick by my initial impressions that this is a good product and will get better with next releases. so yes, it might be too soon for a complete switch unless someone just likes to play with new software like i do.

This was my concern at the outset. I have no doubt about your own ability to understand and manage these things but we are in the minority. Most of the folks coming here are average users with little knowledge of how to overcome the issues caused by this type of development software. Even so, I applaud the efforts of the developer and if this level of commitment continues, I'm sure we will have a stable product before too long.