Re: Firewall for broadband connection

From: SECURTYfirewall (spotty3443_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:43:00 GMT

"René" <spamisnietleuk@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:419204f6$0$44063$5fc3050@dreader2.news.tiscali.nl:

> Dear fellow-subscribers of this NG,
>
> I have a question about the following. Since a while my father (he's
> retired and has a lot of spare time now) has a broadband connection,
> just on one computer, without doing any special things, only
surfing,
> emailing and adjusting his favorite toy, Beatnik atomic clock. I
have
> installed ZA on his computer, which blocks a lot of attacks, as he
> spends a lot of time surfing the web (he is crazy about it now he
has
> his broadband connection ;-)). I have considered buying a hardware
> firewall for him. I know there have been very lengthy discussions
> about the fact whether router-firewalls are really firewalls or
not,
> and I do not understand everything said in those discussions.
> Of course he has an anti-virus program installed (AVG from Grisoft),
> and I have managed to get into his head with a very strict "no
opening
> of email attachments policy". He is also very strict in checking the
> automatic update process, so threats from inside his computer are
> probably less likely to be important.
>
> I have found the following device I considered of interest:
> http://www.hotbrick.com/Soho401.html.
> My questions are (supposing I would buy & install this device) (and
> please hold in mind that I am not a network expert at all, I am a
> newbie to this):
>
> 1. Would the protection given by this be better or worse than the
one
> given by Zone-alarm?
> 2. Can the system function safely without Zone-alarm installed or
> would it still be needed (and in that case, would it add anything or
> just be useless? And does my father, in his very simple "setting" or
> "environment" miss much from the more expensive devices, or are they
> only needed when e.g. running some sort of server?
> 3. Is configuring a device like that difficult?
> 4. How does the device update itself? Automatically without my
father
> having to care about it (I may be a newbie but he is even more
> ignorant and I can't visit him every minute of the day).
> 5. Is it possible (well, it will be possible, but will it be
possible
> for me after doing some reading and researching on the web, I am a
> newbie but am a quick learner and are a bit above the average
computer
> user, though not an expert) to install a program which allows me to
> control his computer when using such a device (my father is an
expert
> in messing things up so it would be VERY handy if I could fix some
> things from my place? I suppose this question is closely related to
> question 3.. BTW if there is some sort of program that You would
> specifically recommend for doing this, Your input would be very
> appreciated (I realise this is OT). 6. Are there other devices,
let's
> say below 200 euro's (suppose that can be more or less compared to
200
> US$, it's just an indication), that You would recommend above this
> one? If so, which one('s)? Wireless is not needed as his computer is
> only 4 m away from the access point. 7. Any other suggestions?
>
> Following is on behalf of my father as well:
> First of all, thank You already for reading my long (boring)
posting!
> Second: Thank You very much in advance for any replies!
> Third: English is not my mother tongue, so please be so kind as to
> forgive me my errors...
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Rene
>
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