Re: XP Firewall Settings

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 08/17/03 

Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:55:44 -0600

Greetings --

   You'll need to find a 3rd party firewall that is compatible with
AOL.

    AOL (an on-line content provider that ignores international
Internetworking standards in favor of its own proprietary products),
has deliberately made its connection software incompatible with both
WinXP's built-in firewall and WinXP's Internet Connection Sharing
feature. AOL's proprietary connection applet is deliberately designed
to preclude your setting/adjusting any of its properties, to include
enabling/disabling WinXP's ICF and ICS.

Bruce Chambers 

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"J.W." <jlwynn259@aol.com> wrote in message
news:040b01c3646b$126bf890$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I use a dial up for internet access. I've been trying to
> enable a firewall prior to downloading the blaster worm
> patch, as suggested by the download instructions. BUT, I
> can't access the settings. When I right click on the
> connection icon (as instructed), nothing happens. Same
> thing if I click on "Change Settings" under network task.
> I also noticed that the status shows "disconnected" even
> when I'm online. Anybody have any ideas what the problem
> is?

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