Re: NIS or XP firewall

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 08/11/05 

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:36:23 -0500

It depends. For most situations the XP Windows Firewall is all that is
needed and is easy to configure. If you need to manage outbound access and
have application based firewall rules then a more advanced [and more
complicated] firewall is in order. They can be particularly helpful if you
have users on a computer that you want to be able to restrict their access
to the internet by application/port/protocol/IP. For ANY user that has a
broadband internet connection I also recommend that you have a firewall
device even if it is just a cheap NAT/PAT router. It is too easy for any
host/software firewall to become disabled [sometimes via malware or software
conflict] or misconfigured. --- Steve

"R." <no@spam.pls> wrote in message
news:9%EKe.166860$Uu1.9387077@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> Should I use Norton's IS firewall or XP's firewall?
>
> Tks! R.
>
>

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