Re: Completely replace software firewall with hardware firewall?

From: Paul Cooper (a.paul.r.cooper_at_NOntlworldSPAM.com)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:09:43 GMT

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:46:55 GMT, "Keith" <sleepwalker@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>i've never bothered with a firewall, especially since windows brought out
>sp2 with the security center with a builtin virewall, whats the point in
>getting any more
>"Sandi" <sorry@no.email.please> wrote in message

Well, for one thing the WIndows one doesn't check OUTGOING traffic,
whch may be more revealing than incoming traffic. If you've got
spyware, for example, an incoming firewall won't help you a bit.

Paul

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