Re: Kerio PF

Ian Pollard wrote:
Hi
I purchased the pro version of KPF some time ago. At the time, I
was using a standard broadband modem for connecting to my ISP. I
recently upgraded my system to wireless and found that Kerio blocked
most of my Internet connections. I contacted support who gave me much
advice on how to set it up. I followed their advice but got nowhere. I
have now uninstalled Kerio and am relying on my wireless broadband
modem/router and Windows firewall. I was wondering how safe this is and
am looking for advice on where to go next with my PC security. I am
using Windows XP HE with SP2. Any advice appreciated.

Ian

If it were me, then I wouldn't use the XP FW behind the NAT router either. Most likely the NAT router and the XP FW cannot stop outbound traffic. However, there is another packet filter on the XP O/S called IPsec that can stop inbound or outbound traffic behind the NAT router by port, protocol or IP and it's called IPsec. You can use it to supplement the NAT router too.

You can implement the the AnalogX IPsec rules on the machine make the rules,learn how the rules are made and configure the rules yourself.

http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_traffic_with_ipsec.htm
http://www.analogx.com/contents/articles/ipsec.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813878


The buck stops at the O/S and nowhere else and you should try to secure it as much as possible on a wireless network, as someone can join your wireless network and be all over the top of your machines wired or wireless.

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm

Basics

http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/wireless/a/aa112203_2.htm

Duane :)






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