Re: AOL Firewall

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 09/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 12:06:35 -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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"R Sawyer" <RA1847@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Whats is the best way to firewall my Computer using AOL 8
> and Windows XP and how to go about it?

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