Firewall Leak Tests

[Negeva]

http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/


Useful site informing you about how good a firewall is. Look at the Leak test results for some interesting findings:

http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/leak-tests-results.php#firewalls-ratings

Amusing how in the top five two of the products are freeware and the winner is Free. You'll have to scroll down a long way to find the results for Norton and McAfee. I was slightly surprised by ZoneAlarm's result, but at least it wasn't as bad as McAfee's score.

Interested in others opinions.

[usnavyretired]

I don't put much if any stock in "leak testing". As I stated in another post, if your leaking, your already infected and your inbound protection failed you or you just have horrible surfing habits. Steve Gibson's Shield's Up program is one of the Best for checking firewalls. www.grc.com. I realize most users here dislike Norton however Ive been running it on both my desktops and my laptop and never had an issue. I spend roughly 20 hours a week surfing so my machines get a web workout.