Re: Firewall Suggestions

From: Patty (patty15@softhome.net)
Date: 01/22/03 

From: "Patty" <patty15@softhome.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:27:28 -0500

"Duane Arnold" <notme@notme.com> wrote in message
news:BWqX9.80858$hl1.10816@sccrnsc04...
> I agree with Stup on everything except for two of them.
>
> 1) The Win98 issue is obvious to me that application works on Win98. I
have
> been there when moving an app to like Win 2k or even to another Win98 or
Win
> 2K to Win 2K and watched the app *crap* with me being on the phone with
the
> vendor completely pissed at the whole situation. The old saying goes, if
> it's not *broke* don't *fix* it.

Yes, we stayed with Windows 98SE since that was recommended by the software
people. They had some compatibility issues with Win2000.

>
> 2) The Linksys router is good for protecting from an attack from the
> Internet. But the router is useless on the LAN side. And once a machine is
> infected with a self populating worm, virus etc. etc., the machines will
> attack each other on the LAN or private side of the router , because of
the
> vary nature of the Win O/S(s) with MS file and Print Sharing, TCP/IP and
> NetBeui, etc., the machines are vulnerable to each other.

We have Norton Antivirus installed and running, I would think that would
keep any worms or viruses from infiltrating he LAN, correct?

>
> That's why I and anyone else who uses BlackIce 3.5 IDS/firewall knows that
> BlackIce will not only back-up the router with its protection from attack
> from the Internet, but will protect the machine from attack from another
> machine on the LAN. BlackIce will protect even if IP(s) have been accepted
> between machines, if the BlackIce IDS sees an attack such as a worm,
virus,
> etc coming in the network traffic between machines, BlackIce's IDS will
> instruct the firewall to block traffic from the other machine.

And how is BlackIce's return policy if I have problems with it as I did with
Zone Alarm Pro?

Thanks.

Patty

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