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David: I have looked for a good packet-filtering firewall for Windows similar to the products that are available within many of the UNIX operating systems (e.g. IP-Filter). I prefer to setup packet-filtering rules based on service port, IP, and sometimes MAC address. Unlike UNIX, packet-filtering firewalls for Windows seem to be difficult to find, especially free versions. Last year, I located a product called CHX-I. It is free for personal use, but licenses need to be purchased for Education/Business. Fortunately, I was granted a few licenses to allow for evaluation. CHX-I may not be the easiest product to setup for inexperienced users, but it does what I need it to do and seems to work very well. The firewall rules can be saved to a text file and easily imported to other workstations that are running CHX-I. I am not familiar with the Tiny Personal Firewall, but looking at their website, it seems to include many of the same features as CHX-I, so I may need to take a look at that product one of these days. For more information on CHX-I: http://www.idrci.net/ Jim > > I'm curious to know what you all are using for a software firewall > on your Windows desktops. Any suggestions and can you back up your > claim for purchasing this specific product? > > David > -- ========================================= James T Brown UNIX System Administrator Depts. of Geography/Fisheries & Wildlife 107 Geography Bldg. Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 email: [log in to unmask]