Re: ZoneAlarm is your friend

From: Phillip Windell (_at_.)
Date: 09/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:48:27 -0500

> > well i guess the reason for using a personal firewall is to stop or
> > attempt any how any malware phoning home, like you my network is
> > proteced by a NAT router but for the windows box, i have installed a
> > personal firewall, as a belts and braces aproach.

Good Firewalls or Proxys (pick your favorite brand) can all stop
applications from phoning home at the parameter. Keeping personal firewalls
properly (and uniformly) configured can turn into a nightmare....and then
you have to consider what business apllications they might interferre with
which can happen immediately or anytime along the way as Apps get updated
and/or have features added. 

-- 
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

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