Re: Use XP Firewall with Router & Firewall?

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 03/09/05 

Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:47:57 -0700

John wrote:
> Is it recomended to turn on and use the XP Firewall on workstations
> even if our network sits behind a router with it's own Firewall? Will
> this cause problems? Until the last XP service pack, I only used the
> XP firewall when connecting from home or on the road. Now all
> connections are firewalled by default.
> Thanks.

     SP2's Firewall's most important virtues, I think, are it's improved
compatibility with internal LANs and its configurability via group
policies. Now, there's a simple, cheap tool that system admins can use
to protect the LAN workstations from that occasional - but not rare
enough - fool who manages to bypass the perimeter firewall and manually
install some malware that could then spread throughout the LAN via
shared drives. 

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