Comparative reviews of personal firewall software

• Best review -- An Analysis of Mini-Firewalls for Windows Users Sean Boran, last update September 28, 2001:
       Reviews: BlackICE Defender, Conseal, eSafe, McAfee, Norton, PGP7, Privacyware, Sygate, TermiNet,
       Tiny, ZoneAlarm &ZoneAlarm Pro.
       Notes: AtGuard, CyberwallPLUS-WS, Freedom, HackTracer, Internet Firewall 2000, PC Viper,
       Smoothwall & Sphinx.
• Personal Firewalls -- BlackICE, WinRoute & ZoneAlarm, Gary Bahadur, Information Security, July 2001
• Software Firewalls & Security Packages -- BlackICE Defender, McAfee Internet Guard Dog Pro, Norton Internet Security Family Edition & ZoneAlarm Pro; Les Freed, PC Magazine, May 24, 2001.
• Home Safety Nets: BlackICE Defender, McAfee, Norton, Sygate & ZoneAlarm Pro; David English, Computer Shopper, ZDNet, May 11, 2001
• Can You Trust Your PC To A Free Firewall? ZoneAlarm & Tiny, Rod Scher, Smart Computing, June 2001 (posted April 2001).
• Personal Firewalls -- BlackICE Defender, Norton, SafeGuard, Sphinx & ZoneAlarm Pro, PC Magazine, ZDNet UK, March 2001
• Three personal firewalls repel the invaders: BlackICE, Norton & Sygate, Sean Gallagher, Government Computer News, January 22, 2001
• Getting Personal With Firewalls: McAfee, Norton, BlackICE, PGP Desktop Security 7.0, ZoneAlarm, Linksys & Sonicwall, Curtis Dalton, NetworkMagazine.com, January 5, 2001
• Put Your PC Behind A Firewall: Norton, McAfee & ZoneAlarm, Chad Denton, Smart Computing, February 2001 (posted December 2000)
• Download Deathmatch Free Firewalls: ZoneAlarm & Sygate, David Norse, ZDNet, December 2000
• Personal Firewall Comparison: BlackICE Defender, Internet Firewall 2000, McAfee, Sygate & ZoneAlarm; Robert Richmond, SysOpt.com, November 4, 2000
ZoneAlarm Pro Reviews
• CNetreview, Stephen Bigelow, July 27, 2001.
• Scott Finnie 2.6 pro review, May 1, 2001.
• Protection In Black, pro review, Rebecca Rohan, Internet Week, December 4, 2000
• Sean Boran,Pro review, November 29, 2000
• Pro Protection for Novices, Steve Rigney, PC Magazine, October 17, 2000
• ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall Gets Down To Business, Sean Captain, PC World, September 26,2000
• ZoneAlarm Pro, Steve Rigney, PC Magazine, September 21, 2000
• ZoneAlarm Firewall Spreads to Nets (Pro), Sean Captain, PC World, August 22, 2000
• DaLanTech review
• FireWall.net review


ZoneAlarm (freeware for personal use)
• 'Straight-forward' ZoneAlarm gives plenty of protection, Tim Blangger, Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2001
• CNet 2.6 review, Stephen Bigelow, June 20, 2001
• ZoneAlarm Gripes, Computer Gripes, May 2001
• Great Walls of Fire, Payal Dhar, CIOL, January 31, 2001
• Sean Boran review, November 30, 2000
• Troubleshooting ZoneAlarm Pitfalls, Bruce Stewart, ZDNet Help & How-To, November 6, 2000
• WebAttack review, November 2000
• Stroud's review, October 17, 2000