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When good software goes bad

When did Tiny Personal Firewall begin to suck? I decided to install it on my dad's computer since he's been getting a bunch of winpopups. Tiny Firewall used to rock. It was 1.0MB, had a dummy mode (a check box "only allow requested connections"), it was free, and it had a very easy advanced mode that let you block certain ports by typing in the number. Version 4.5 sucks. The download is 25 megs, the interface is confusing and uses their own custom widgets (no excuse for that in a Windows product), and it only works for 28 days before you have to pay for it.

It's rotten to ask for money for a product that you used to give away free, it's even worse when that product now sucks.

Ohwell. Anybody know a good firewall package for win2k that allows ip connection sharing?