Firewall Programs

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#006633" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="04ad6c00ddvuru.jpg"> <div> Programs</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Firewalls: Keeping Things Contained</div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Firewalls Explained"><U>Firewalls Explained</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In More Depth"><U>In More Depth</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Limitations of Firewalls"><U>Limitations of Firewalls</U></A>   |   Firewall Programs   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles About Firewalls"><U>Articles About Firewalls</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> Firewall Programs</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial Black" >    </FONT>So-called personal firewalls such as ZoneAlarm (<A HREF="http://www.zonelabs.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.zonelabs.com"><U>http://www.zonelabs.com</U></A>) and BlackICE Defender (<A HREF="http://www.iss.net/download" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.iss.net/download"><U>http://www.iss.net/download</U></A>) offer added protection for individual machines. These are software applications that lock down vulnerabilities on an individual computer, hiding all ports and allowing only user-approved traffic in and out. They are an excellent resource for securing a personal computer and can often be found and used non-commercially free of charge.</div> <div>     </div> </td> </tr></table></body>