Re: Windows XP Firewall

From: Markus Jansson (see.my.homepage_at_katso.kotisivuiltani)
Date: 11/20/03

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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:06:18 +0200

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:52:35 -0500, Bob <ace62@kfbolnojunk.com> wrote:
> How good is the Firewall in XP? IS it reliable? Is it safe?

Takes a huge amount of resources and only blocks incoming ports. Not good.

> Would you recommend anything else?

ZoneAlarm is free, reliable and efficient. You can get my tips on how to
install and use it securely in http://www.markusjansson.net/eza.html

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