Re: AOL & Windows XP firewall

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 08/26/03 

Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:25:47 -0600

Greetings --

   You'll either need to find a 3rd party firewall that is compatible
with AOL, or switch to a real ISP that is compatible with the real
Internet..

    AOL is an on-line content provider that ignores international
Internetworking standards in favor of its own proprietary products,
and 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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"Bob" <smithbj@efdsouth.navfac.navy.mil> wrote in message
news:086901c36afd$857826e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I am logged on as administrator but I cannot get XP to
> allow me to turn the firewall feature on for the dialup
> AOL internet connection.  Any idea

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