Re: Mcafee.com firewall anygood?

From: Robert R Kircher, Jr. (rrkircher@hotmail.com)
Date: 12/11/02 

From: "Robert R Kircher, Jr." <rrkircher@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 15:25:26 -0500

Steve wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Was just wondering if anyone in this group has had any experience
> with Msn's Mcafee.com firewall at http:\\msn.mcafee.com.
>
> I have already subscribed to the anti-virus service, and have had no
> problems at all with it.
> Is it worth adding the firewall service or even the privacy service?
>
> grateful for any comments
>
> Cheers Steve.

I tried once to configure this PFW for a client and in a very short time
removed it. It was very difficult to figure out let alone configure
anything special.

Look at Kerio, or ZoneAlarm if you want a SW firewall. If you have a router
or are looking into a router buy one that has a full FW (that is inbound and
outbound filtering among other things), I believe Linksys has one now and
the ProSafe line of NetGear router also have a fuller featured FW. 

--
Rob

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