Hardware or Software firewall - To Protect computer

[petterm]

Hi

Security in your personal computer is also a big deal these day. Available of firewasll with in the market is huge, There are lots of Firewall products which are used but users are not satisfied from those firewalls. So can any one suggest me how to make sure that I am purchasing the right stuff, Also does any one know how to protect my computer without buying hardware or software firewall? I can save few bucks!

Thanks in Advance..

[Jeffrey]

Hardware firewalls are purely built within the hardware devices we are going to use like routers whereas software firewalls are software programs installed on computers. Hardware firewalls protect a whole network while software firewalls protect individual computers on which they are installed. By default, hardware firewalls filter web packets while software firewalls may not filter web packets unless web traffic filtering controls are enabled.

[rocky123]

Firewalls are inexpensive and some are free for home users. New firewall releases are becoming easier to use and offer user-friendly interface. Windows even comes with a free built-in firewall, and has since Windows XP.Fortunately, there are many free firewalls available. The most popular include:

•Zonealarm
•Online Armor Firewall
•Ashampoo Free Firewall

[Saimon6]

Try to use protemac. com ProteMac NetMine.It's tool for protecting mac.It's must be helpful to you.

[morean51]

as i heard about software firewall its very costly rather than hardware
best prefer hardware