Re: Norton Internet Security 2005 Personal Firewall slows down Windows XP startup

From: Joe (noone_at_no.com)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:07:21 -0800

Leythos wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 00:07:55 -0800, Joe wrote:
>
>>yeah, free as in none. people do not need a software firewall if you
>>have a router. sheese. none of my friends are that way and i am not, my
>>uncle is not who is a total expert. NEVER any problems. a router is just
>>fine. the only people who need more are companies. unless the user is
>>really stupid.
>
>
> Joe, what you don't seem to understand is that many people don't
> understand security and don't really have a clue about securing their
> systems. While a NAT device is always a first choice there are many things
> that a NAT device will not protect the user from - namely the user. A
> personal firewall application running on a computer can work very nicely
> with a NAT box and provide some level of protection against rogue
> applications. While it's easy to compromise a PFW and as easy to
> misconfigure them, they can and do offer an extra layer of protection.
>
> With that being said, in the early days when I used a NAT solution, before
> I bought a real firewall, I never experienced a compromise, but I'm smart
> enough to secure the systems, monitor the in/out bound logs, make sure all
> systems are protected by AV and users don't run as admins... Not many home
> users have this level of skill or even know they need to do these things.
>
> For people running a business or keeping financial records on their
> computers, a NAT box is the first line, then a PFW solution on the PC
> properly configured is the next. User education is third along with
> locking down the apps and systems.
>

I'm sorry for being hard. I guess I was angry about nothing when I wrote
that and just feel a software firewall is totally not necessary if you
are behind a nat. i never have problems but then i dont download unknown
files/sources and i don't use p2p and if i did, you can't get viruses
from mpeg files i don't think. movie files. anyway i dont know. i just
look at software firewall as useless if one is behind even a lowly
linksys or belkin etc. because nothing has ever happened to me or anyone
i know that are behind such a simple device.

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