WinXP vulnerability when users logged off

From: kk7gw (kk7gw@yahoo.com)
Date: 05/31/02 

From: "kk7gw" <kk7gw@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 08:44:28 -0700

If the firewall does shut down when all users log off,
then it shuts down and you have no firewall
protection...it would be like not having Zone Alarm
installed.

If it doesn't (I'm fairly sure that ZA runs some things
as services, which are always running even with no
users), then it is the same as if you were logged in.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a broadband, always on connection to the internet
>via cable-modem, and use Win XP Home Edition.
>
>My question is: What is the vulnerability of my system
>when all user accounts are logged off? We run zone-
>alarm, but I think the program shuts down when a user
>logs off.
>
>I am concerned, but have no facts, and haven't found an
>answer to this on Google or at the Microsoft site.
>
>Anyone field this question before?
>
>__________________
>Marc
>Melbourne, FL
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