Re: Firewall for Win98/Me/2000 that filters incoming only?
From: Kerodo (loopback_at_localhost.com)
Date: 07/12/05
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 02:18:20 -0700
In article <cnv6d1dc06mkn9updoekfvbsa7lguc8s6i@4ax.com>,
mitebbotsnospam@yahoo.com.nospam says...
> On 11 Jul 2005 07:43:47 GMT, elaich <a@b.c> wrote:
>
> >Tim S <mitebbotsnospam@yahoo.com.nospam> wrote in
> >news:c9i2d1d5ae03uioubgmspup6ua9mf5c8qu@4ax.com:
> >
> >> For my sister or people that have a hard time with a more advanced
> >> firewall, something that just filters incoming only maybe?
> >
> >Incoming is not what you need to filter. It's outgoing.
>
>
> too advanced. just something similar to XP firewall. must be something
> i can put on there for a bit of protection instead of wide open...
> hmm...
If you just want to filter incoming traffic, you might try CHX-I. It's
a great packet filter. No app control, so no prompts etc. Will do what
the XP firewall does but better. Register for a serial, it's free.
http://www.idrci.net/idrci_products.htm
Read the online docs for a basic understanding of it, and download the
sample rule set, then modify if necessary for your needs. Pretty
straight forward.
-- Kerodo
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