Re: Can Firewalls conflict with each other?
From: nickd@nospam.demon.co.ukDate: 01/01/02
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From: nickd@nospam.demon.co.uk Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 14:26:52 GMT
Santa's Little Helper <mp3phile@lycos.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:34:56 -0500, Ken Palmateer
> <kpalmatr@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 02:34:56 GMT, nickd@nospam.demon.co.uk wrote:
<snip>
>>It is the leaktest thing. I am wondering if I overreacted. Maybe I should
>>lose the ZoneAlarm firewall and be satisfied with what the rt314 offers as
>>far as firewalls are concerned.
No problem, leaktest, IMHO, is a touch, er, "over-sold".
>>After all, how many salivating psycho hackers can there be out there
>>waiting to sink their digitally demented digits into my hard drive.
>>(Sorry. Too much new years eve bubbly. Should go down, slobber on my
>>wife, let her know I can be a romantic to. Happy new year to all! kp
>
> If ZoneAlarm is working OK for you, keep it. Even though you're not a
> huge business with tons of top secret data, your computer is still
> vonurable to attack. The rt314 will keep a hacker from trying to break
> into your computer from outside, but does nothing to prevent a hacker from
> getting to your info from inside. You might download an innocent looking
> program, a nice screen saver perhaps, or a game demo. Next thing you know,
> your credit card numbers are stolen, passwords are stolen, and your
> collection of xxx pics are being uploaded to your grandmother and everyone
> else on your E-Mail address book. Another good thing to have is a virus
> scanner. The combination of the two, plus the router, should provide a
> good layer of protection for you.
I just wanted to second all of that above, external firewall plus personal
firewall plus virus scanner is a very useful combination.
-- "Anyone with the naivety to run IIS is, IMHO, automatically suspect when it comes to doing anything technical, such as setting a clock."
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