re: Win32 Firewall

From: H C (keydet89@yahoo.com)
Date: 07/29/02 

Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:13:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: H C <keydet89@yahoo.com>
To: muso.ken@hushmail.com

> Does anyone know of any "firewall" application that
will
> run on a Win32 box? Win2k, WinNT, XP, are fine but I
am
> more preferring if it will work on Win9x/ME systems
as
> well.
>
> Specifically, what I'm looking for is something that

> would work like ipchains/iptables, and should be
> light-weight (would be around 1.44Mb , no installers
if
> possible), Open Source (if there are any), and
> non-commercial product.

What, specifically, are you looking for? Are you
looking for a freeware personal firewall?

I'd suggest this...start by shutting off all
unnecessary services. Then use tools like fport.exe
(NT/2K), 'netstat -ano (XP ONLY), or TDIMon (Win9x/ME)
to monitor which apps open which ports.

If you still feel that you need protection, check out
snort...

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