Re: SP2 Firewall vs Norton and/or ZoneAlarm

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 10/18/04

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    Kerry Snow wrote:
    > I'm running service pack 2 on the computers on my home network, and
    > have enabled the firewall. Both computers had previous firewalls
    > installed (one had Norton Internet Security, the other had
    > ZoneAlarm). Is there any need to continue using these other security
    > measures? They appear to get in the way of file sharing between the
    > networked pcs (i.e. when I disable them, I can see shared folders,
    > when they're on, I can't).

    You should run some firewall, but if you are sharing files between two
    computers, perhaps you should consider (if you are not already) using a
    Cable Modem/DSL Router to give your machines IPs, put you behind a NAT
    (would work better than most software firewalls for the home user) and allow
    you communicate behind the router without having to run any firewall.

    Otherwise, you are going to have to either put in the exception for all
    machines for the ports needed for File and Printer sharing or for certain
    IPs. 

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