Re: DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR XP FIREWALL !!
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 09/27/03
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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 11:57:27 -0600
Greetings --
Running two software firewalls simultaneously to unnecessary and
can cause conflicts, possibly negating the protection of both. In any
event, having two firewalls running simultaneously is an unnecessary
drain on system resources.
ZoneAlarm is far superior to WinXP's built-in firewall, and is not
vulnerable to Blaster unless it's been misconfigured. (WinXP's
firewall, after SP1, will also protect the PC from blaster.)
You should not turn the WinXP firewall off, _except_ when you have
another firewall in place. And what MVP is claiming that WinXP's
firewall is the best? I'd really like to see that post.
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Jose" <pueblo@msn.com> wrote in message news:%23NcC%2320gDHA.3784@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Bruce : > Would you be more specific with your reply?, > What part of the post do You disagree with? > That both firewalls can't be on? > That XP Firewall is better? > That Zone Alarm is vulnerable? > > I agree that XP Firewall is not effective in stoping the Blaster worm in all > cases, in particular when people mistakenly download the bogus patch, but > that has noting to do with the firewall. Ok.. I agree XP Firewall is not > the main defence against the Blaster worm, the Critical Security Patch > MS03-039 is, but the cuestion was about the firewall. > It's been posted repeatedly by MS-MVP's that you should never turn XPF off, > and that it's the best Firewall known to date. On some forum one MVP posted > that Zone Alarm Firewall was vulnerable in cases when XP Firewall was > substituted by ZA, this was posted about a month ago, so maybe ZA was > updated some time in the past month and I didn't know about it. > As to running two Firewalls, an answer to the original post was that it was > better to run a single Firewall,... I am running both XPF and Sygate and > have had no trouble at all, some configuration was needed but that was it. > I would appreciate if You'd clarify where my mistake was, as it would be to > my own benefit. > Thanks in advance. > > > > "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> escribió en el mensaje > news:vn4hcenkjgd08c@corp.supernews.com... > > Greetings -- > > > > You couldn't be more wrong if you tried. > > > > Bruce Chambers > > > > -- > > Help us help you: > > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > > You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on > > having both at once. -- RAH > > > > > > "Jose" <pueblo@msn.com> wrote in message > > news:%23r9GA9lgDHA.988@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > > DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR XP FIREWALL !! > > > It's ok to run both firewalls, they complement each other, it's > > recommended > > > that You, for no reazon turn off the Windows XP firewall since it is > > the > > > main defence against the Blaster worm, Zone Alarm on the other hand, > > by > > > itself, does not protect against the blaster as it has been posted > > in > > > several forums during the past weeks. > > > > > >
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