Re: XP Fire wall

From: Mike (mike.hall.mail_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:31:13 -0400

The XP firewall covers all incoming very well.. it does not cover all exits
at all well.. this will undoubtedly change when the final release of SP2
becomes available..

In the meantime, it is not a bad idea to use a third party firewall as they
control incoming and outgoing..

Hardware firewalls are useful on home networks, and are part of router/hub
setups by default..

"Cracker Jacks" <cjacks<nospamz)@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:J3tMc.1663$qT3.356@nwrddc03.gnilink.net...
> 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?
>
>

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