Re: XP Fire wall

From: Robert Moir (bofh_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 16:00:39 +0100

Cracker Jacks wrote:
> Could someone tell me If I should use external fire wall software or
> is the on built in to XP good enough? I know this may be a fairly
> open question. But for the average home user how does it fair against
> say Zone Alarm Pro?

The Windows XP firewall is very good at what it does, as good at that job as
Zone Alarm if not better, but Zone Alarm does more things.

But then any "software" firewall is a sick joke compared to a seperate
"hardware" firewall so... *shrug*

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