Re: Di need another firewall as well as the Win XP one?

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.lan)
Date: 10/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:11:59 GMT

In article <3s6sg9FmhvbiU1@individual.net>, mike@nowhere.com says...
> I've just installed Windows XP. How good is the Windows XP firewall?
> I've read some comments that it's not up to much. Is this true, and
> anyway, would it be advisable to use another one, like Zone Alarm.
> instead of, or as well as, XP?

If all you have is Dial-Up service, then XP SP2 firewall will get you
online long enough to get something like ZoneAlarm.

If you have DSL or Cable, purchase a cheap NAT appliance, sometimes
improperly maked as a Cable/DSL Firewall, from your local computer
place. With the NAT router installed between your network and the
cable/dsl modem, you won't see any unsolicited inbound traffic inside
your network (unless you forward inbound ports).

I personally never use the Windows XP SP2 firewall as I've seen programs
create exceptions and changes in the firewall settings without asking
the users permission. I've never had a system running ZoneAlarm
compromised yet. 

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