Re: Turning off personal firewall on certain networks

From: James Grant (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/29/03

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    Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:04:37 GMT

    Quadstone Ltd wrote:
    >
    > We are looking at Personal Firewall software for Windows XP.
    > We need one that can be configured so it isn't running when on our company
    > networks. None of them I have looked at seem to be able to do this,
    > e.g. ZoneAlarm. Are there any that can be setup this way, or would we have to
    > resort to hardware profiles in XP (which we would like to avoid)?
    >
    > Michael

    8Signs Firewall has separate rules for each network interface.
    It isn't a "personal firewall" because it doesn't have
    application-based filtering ("Allow IEXPLORE.EXE"). It is
    rules-based.

    James Grant
    8Signs Ltd.
    (makers of 8Signs Firewall)
    http://www.8signs.com

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