Re: Firewall with low overhead?

From: Duane Arnold (notme_at_notme.com)
Date: 03/15/04


Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:05:40 GMT

Russell <rwkeating-remove@comcast.net> wrote in
news:8tidnR3Ewte_bcndRVn-gg@comcast.com:

> This is a home system and I do have a NAT router. I do want the
> protection of a software firewall so I can keep tabs on what is trying
> to go out from my PC. It's not that Kerio is bring my system to its
> knees, I just like efficiency :).
>

Doesn't the router have logging and a utility to review the logs? You
should be doing that as well instead of depending upon some host based FW
for this that can be beaten.

Duane :)



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