Re: do i need a hardware firewall?

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 03:50:05 GMT

In article <nPmdnZ66T_Rx7aTdRVn2vw@comcast.com>, charlesnewman1
@comcast.net.do.not.spam.me says...
>
> No, you dont. Every version of WIndows in 98SE has Internet
> Connection Sharing (ICS) built in. Just get some firewall software,
> such as Kerio or Tiny, and a Network switch, and that is all
> you need. ICS makes hardware firewalls obsolete.
>
>
> "tarquinlinbin" <fleagle@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
> news:qbrh309tgdu52mnhuigtov7793gnmn8lje@4ax.com...
> > I run xp pro with NIS 2003. Do i need a router with built in HW
> > firewall,if so i'd prefer linksys but which ones have this facility?
> >
> > I'm just a bit cautious at the moment as i seem to have been
> > attacked!!

Need and should have are very different things. With the vast number of
hacks for every OS out there, a router with NAT should be everyone's
first line of defense (or something better).

The NAT will protect the XP box and it should be installed to help
prevent anything that Win missed and to prevent hacks due to user-
configured holes. 

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