Re: Firewalls: XP built-in vs. Kerio Personal

From: Kevin Weilbacher (kweilbac_at_gte.net)
Date: 05/31/03 

Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 06:53:00 -0400

IMO, you don't want to run 2 software based firewalls on your computer. If
you are happy with KPF, I would suggest using it over XP's built in ICF
firewall, which even Microsoft defines as being just a 'basic' firewall.
-kw

"Shishimai" <shishimai@see.reply-to> wrote in message
news:3ed8448a$0$212$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com...
> I have run Kerio Personal Firewall quite happily on 2k Pro for some time.
Now
> I've migrated to XP, which has its own built-in firewall of course.
>
> Key Questions for me:
>
> 1) Is there any inherent problem with running both the built-in XP
firewall and
> KPF?
>
> The advantage I could see to doing this is that the built-in might have
some
> ports blocked that I might have to laboriously set up rules for in KPF.
>
> 2) Does the built-in check for MD5 sums on applications, as KPF does?
>
> If not, I would think KPF might be the better choice, as I'm sure it
either is
> now or will soon be possible to spoof an application, just like an IP
address
> can be spoofed.
>
> The best choice *might* be to run both if they don't interfere with each
other.
>
> Anyone?
>
> Shishimai