Sorry but the firewall is your first line of defense. Stating that you only need to arm one side of it doesn't sit well with me.
Just use this "WINDOWS FIREWALL AND AVAST" .
I can't stand a firewall, which doesn't show me that it works.
HDW
I can't stand a firewall that'a noisy. I just want one that does what it needs to do and doesn't bother me
except when I requested a notification. Precisely what the Windows Firewall does.
If you want to know if the windows firewall is working, simply check your security settings.
Well, I started with 'Windows 3.1'. Since then I had to trust every newer version MS celebrated! So my senses sharpened.
What MS-FW really does? I've really big negative experience with Windows and never got any notification! But in spite of that many bad things happened and since I changed to other FW, I'm glad about that.
Only checking the security settings is too easy and not enough!
HDW