Re: XP Pro - Hardware Firewall - Norton Internet Security?
From: Lil' Dave (spamyourself_at_virus.net)
Date: 09/15/04
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:54:32 -0400
Neither XP or XP's SP2 contain any outgoing protection. NIS does.
The router should have the ability to require password entry for accessing
its settings. Set a password you WON'T forget. Yes its possble to access
your router from the inside using a file or script taken from the internet.
"Paul Kraemer" <PaulKraemer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:421B8D38-690F-4EF5-BD67-3843CF50F3AF@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I am running Windows XP Pro. I just installed a hardware firewall router
> (Linksys BEFSX41) to between my cable modem and my PC. My PC also came
with
> Norton Internet Security, which has both a personal firewall and an
intrusion
> detection feature. I was just wondering if I should leave these features
> enables or if it is safe to disable them now that I am protected by the
> hardware firewall.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
> --
> Paul Kraemer
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