How would you rate Comodo Personal Firewall? and what to improve?

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[muuu]

I´ll like to have a better way to show that i´m in installation mode.
Like making the tray icon change, so you always know if installation mode is enabled.
And add installation mode to the tray icon, so you can jump in and out of it fast.

And the D+ "Computer Security Policy" list needs to be grouped(By directory, that way its easy to find what you are looking for) and/or sortable in some way.
Its hard to find anything, the way it is now.

[Matty_R]

Hi muuu,

You can sort Computer Security Policy list by holding down left mouse button(a red line should appear) then move to desired spot.Apply to close window.

Matty

[muuu]

Hi muuu,

You can sort Computer Security Policy list by holding down left mouse button(a red line should appear) then move to desired spot.Apply to close window.

Matty

Well i was thinking something in the line of automatic sorting, by pressing the "Application name" box.
But i can see how that can mess things up, if you use the manual sorting.

How about splitting "Application name" up into two boxes. One remaining as "Application name" and the new as "Directory name".
And maybe a check box to choose between manual and by application name.

[JIML]

 

Im new to Comodo firewall and I have to say that it is the best firewall that I ever used. I have been using BoClean and decided to go with the Comodo firewall. There are some alerts while its learning, but much less annoying than the CA FW, which still has many problems and Windows firewall is not very complete. Ca would alert me even if I was trying to access the CA site. Talk about "stupid"!!!. So far I've had no problems with Comodo and am considering purchasing the Comodo Firewall Pro Plus. One question I have tho, is it for one user or can I install it on my network (wifes laptop)? Keep up the good work.

[Kim378]

Hi JIML -

I am happy you are enjoying the firewall!

To answer your question:

Comodo Firewall Pro PLUS pricing is based on a 1 user license. If you would like to purchase the package for multiple PC's let me know and I can provide you with a discount.

Thanks for being a part of the Comodo Community and I look forward to seeing you as a CFP PLUS customer soon.

Have a great day,

Kim
Product Manager

[JIML]

 


Thanks for the reply Kim.  Price for 2?, and how would the discount apply if ordered from Comodo web. JIML

[bladeanon]

More detailed information on the Firewall alert pop-up, such as:

Source Address:Port ----> Protocol (inc. ICMP types, etc.) ----> Destination Address:Port

This is helpful when you have multiple local IP's on multi-honed systems, VPN miniports, etc.

Great work so far. Thanks.

[jackfrost]

i have to agree with the statement below in regards to the interface being somewhat tedious, counter-intuitive and clunky. that does not mean that i do not love the product, because i do and have decided to keep it past the week i have tested it. but it is a new product to me, and is not the easiest thing to navigate through without constantly referring to the help file or coming here to the forums.

the functionality of the program is great: it does what it says it does. one is safe on the internet using this product. but the interface DOES need work. the tray icon could have greater functionality, not much, but some. for instance, direct access to 'installation mode' as well as the firewall log without having to open up the entire interface itself just to execute those commands.

the firewall log itself needs to be improved. as it is, it is NOT in real time and it needs to be. as it is, there is no functionality to it, and that is a feature that i miss. i would like to be able to do a WHO-IS look up and to ALLOW and BLOCK IP's directly from the firewall log.

i would also like to be able to SORT the firewall log across the top indexes with a simple click of that index, just like one does within any x-windows file manager when in detailed mode. ie: sort by date, sort by intrusion severity, sort by intrusion type, sort by incoming IP, sort by outgoing IP, sort by application, etc, etc. i see no reason why i must open up an extended version of the log and use menus to accomplish this. i am still trying to figure out the purpose of having two versions of the log to begin with because it makes no sense whatsoever.

expert rule configuring is a little lacking. not much. but for me anyhow, doing some simple netbios port blocks was an annoyance.

i agree with previous posts regarding Peer Guardian blacklisting and keylogger detection & blocking, video game server hosting or plain old game mode for the firewall, and i also think software skinning is pretty frivolous.

but i do like this product and will continue to stay with it because i feel the business model of Comodo is an excellent one. the sense of community here is something not found with every software product either, and those two components make a huge difference. easy access to the company itself is a rare but welcome thing no matter what the business is. there is a a good online presence here by the authors and execs. please do not change that.

i'd like to see some other things as long as they didn't bloat the ware, such as Instant Messenger encryption and P2P socks4a protocol handling, but even if those things do not pass the muster for inclusion, CPF has great potential.

it uses more resources than i want it to, not much more, but for me the trade-off is a good one: the pc's i had configured to use Zone Alarm would use less resources, but eventually the internet connection would be throttled down, denial of service attacks and buffer over-flows broke the internet connections and made us very irate because we were not getting what we were paying for. downloading and uploading bandwidth was an insult and reboots were frequent.

those irritants are a thing of the past since CFP is the software of choice now. the resource usage is okay in light of the behavior we traded off.

keep up the great work and thanks for listening to those who take the time to use and implement your software.

I used version 3 for about a month and have just reverted back to 2.4.

While I appreciate the development and availability of great free programs like Comodo, I just did not like the new interface. The 2.4 interface is clean and to the point! The Application Monitor and Network Monitor areas of 2.4 are the best examples of this. They are very straightforward and intuitive. I especially love the Network Monitor 'stack' with rules being processed in a changeable order much like a hardware firewall.

Version 3 just seems to have been 'dumbed down' so much that it's actually a lot more confusing and tedious. I would have gladly stayed with version 3 if the interface was similar to 2.4.

I hope you consider this viewpoint in future developments.

Thanks,
Sev

[Rotaluclac]

The interface certainly could be simpler, but that's not my main problem. My main problem is that Comodo brings my computer to an endless loop of BSOD - restart - BSOD - restart and so on. Uninstalling was NOT possible. The uninstaller said it removed CFP, but even after restarting my computer (this time without the endless BSOD loop), the firewall was still active. It seems like only the interface was uninstalled, and the internals were still there.

My only resolve was a complete re-install of Vista.

New computer, new Vista installation, Vista Ultimate 64-bit English, 2GB RAM, 750 GB HD.

I'm returning to Windows Firewall.

[jackfrost]

Vista is a huge embarrassment and a failure. Your problem would best be remedied by:
a- going to a more stable flavor of windows if you insist on using this companies insecure products. try XP pro.
b- scraping all microsoft products altogether and get one of the many free and infinitely superior Linux distributions, such as Kubuntu.
c- ditch the pc scene completely and buy a Mac, which is based on the Unix platform.

Windows firewall will NOT protect you from anything and it is very reckless to assume it will.
Good Luck.

The interface certainly could be simpler, but that's not my main problem. My main problem is that Comodo brings my computer to an endless loop of BSOD - restart - BSOD - restart and so on. Uninstalling was NOT possible. The uninstaller said it removed CFP, but even after restarting my computer (this time without the endless BSOD loop), the firewall was still active. It seems like only the interface was uninstalled, and the internals were still there.

My only resolve was a complete re-install of Vista.

New computer, new Vista installation, Vista Ultimate 64-bit English, 2GB RAM, 750 GB HD.

I'm returning to Windows Firewall.

[Marjin]

It is sad that a potentially perfect firewall is making itself completely useless . It just does not work, but lets ME do the work . Even with everything in learning mode I have again and again and again to allow the same programs. Windows Update is the best known example. There are so many warnings about unknown programs and processes that there is almost no time to read them, the only way to get on with it is allowing everything without even reading.

BUT when a program gets a new version with the same name in the same directory it is allowed automatically without warning  that something changed the program.

My defense+ log is overflowing from warnings that BOCLEAN is stopped doing its work, even with allowing it everything I can find. No way to click on a log-entry and let the system create a rule to allow it.

Friends and colleges have tried it, and kicked it out after a few days, too many useless warnings.

I even had to submit suspicious files from Comodo itself, as they were not in the safe database.

maybe it is a good program for geeks and control-freaks, but not for Joe Average who thinks Windows firewall is the best, for it NEVER gives useless false positives and just (seems) to do its work.

Marjin

[bur]

Comodo is so far my favorite pfw, having tried Norton, Zonealarm, Sygate and Kerio over the last years. But there's one thing I really miss, a bandwidth meter. Of course one can use third-party tools, but that's mean installing an extra tool and having yet another icon in the tray...

So it'd be really great if you could just integrate a column in the traffic window showing the currently used bandwidth. Wouldn't harm anyone who doesn't need that feature but is very handy for those who do. And from what I heard from others many people would find it useful.

[InvalidDomain]

  I have Used Comodo free firewall for a little over a year now without an antivirus or spy ware detection. I have had no infections of any kind to this day. With a few simply adjustments to your browser for cookies and you will have no problems with unwanted viruses, spy ware and hackers.
I have just added 2009 Kaspersky Internet Suite 8.0 without installing the firewall to my PC but it is about useless because nothing is going to get thought the Comodo Firewall. Comodo is compatible with just about any virus software on the market today. The trick to installing them with the Comodo firewall is install the antivirus first then install the Comodo firewall. Make sure you enter them with each other as trusted applications to avoid conflicts. 

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[Phenom]

I give it a 4, best protection against leaks, but it slows down computers as I here many say "Comodo Personal Firewall 2.4 was lighter. I agree, v3 has been starting up slow and not light like version 2.4.

[EDIK]

Suggestion:
1) make all policies transparent to the user (example reply to DNS UDP request on port 53 is allowed by  core software? there is no option to disable it)
2) fix silly bugs (example: cannot change rule name)
3) try to understand strange dynamic bahaviors reported by users (example rules changed or replaced by the system,
ports zone definition disappeared, etc)
4) allow an ALERT mode option in addition to the log option that is already available (triggering a just-info window)
5) improve documentation for expert users (example a network rule is not a connection rule, its a packet flow rule if I understand the difference with other firewalls ... just confusing to me)

Cheers

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