Abilities of a good firewall

[inoesomestuff]

what does a good firewall need to have? i know it should be able to block IPs, intrusions, moniter program access to internet, low mem + CPU usage and what else? what do you guys suggest? im currently running Kerio but supposedly it isnt that good? =\

[MPXX]

Kerio is good, running the latest with no problems whatsoever

I'd stick with what you got

[Stownplayer]

what does a good firewall need to have? i know it should be able to block IPs, intrusions, moniter program access to internet, low mem + CPU usage and what else? what do you guys suggest? im currently running Kerio but supposedly it isnt that good? =\

Don't know who told you that. Kerio and outpost are the best in my opinion. I personally use kerio pro cause it's easier for me.

[RACKnRAIL]

I have been using Kerio for a couple months myself. I haven't had any trouble with it and have not heard anything bad about it yet. I have heard not so good things about Black Ice Defender which I once liked and I would definitely stay clear of Nortons Internet Security. I have seen first hand how bad that sucks. I tried to uninstall it from a friends pc and had so much grief we ended up formatting.

[Malakai1911]

I might as well use this time to plug both my guide and Outpost firewall.

Currently my killer feature is blocking advanced outbound request methods (dll injection, packet modification, or what have you).