Re: norton firewall and home network, leaktest

From: curious (heyimjustcurious_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/30/04

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    NeoSadist <neosad1st@charter.net> wrote in message news:<101ieo9l64tbb68@corp.supernews.com>...
    > foldface@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
    >
    > > Hi
    > > Do you need 2 firewalls if you have a home network? I assumed that
    > > the one on the internet enabled pc would do the honours but then I tried
    > > running leaktest.
    > > - Main internet pc, leaktest fails
    > > - Second pc, using ICS, leaktest connects to main server quite happily?
    > >
    > > Ta
    > > F
    >
    > In my opinion, no, you don't need two firewalls if you have a home network.

    In the home network, is it such that the PC (say A) one with the
    firewall software installed (and connected to the modem for DSL,
    Cable) can ALWAYS see the files from the computers (B, C etc.)
    connected to B.

    Is there a way to avoid that so that there would be privacy for the
    Computer B?

    > But what do you mean by two firewalls? If you have a broadband router that
    > actually IS a firewall also, then yes that's technically two firewalls. In
    > that situation, if you want more security, you can use two, but it's not
    > necessary.
    > If you have a router that does NOT do firewalling, then you'll need to keep
    > your software firewalls.
    > The reason, in my opinion, that the leak test connects on the ICS machine is
    > because 1) ICS SUCKS in terms of how it's arranged, how easy it is to use,
    > and 2) because ICS SUCKS in terms of security.
    > If you're using ICS, I'm thinking you're NOT using a router, but I could be
    > wrong. Please reply back and tell us your configuration and all.

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