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Becky
How secure and reliable is the firewall provided with
Windows XP Pro?
Windows XP Pro?
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hutch
ms firewall - ok vs incoming
you might get another to protect against outgoing - ie
worms and trojans - ie
norton personal firewall - chk freeware - etc
and
take it fr there
hth
God Bless
hutch
you might get another to protect against outgoing - ie
worms and trojans - ie
norton personal firewall - chk freeware - etc
and
take it fr there
hth
God Bless
hutch
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Evan Stedman
but WinXP connection firewall active and the test signal-----Original Message-----
How secure and reliable is the firewall provided with
Windows XP Pro?
.
not at all secure, Becky. I ran a test program with all
passed straight thru without even a single alert from
WinXP firewall. Thats why I trust ZoneAlarm Pro version
4.012.123
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Stephen
Giving Microsoft the responsiblility of protecting your
system via a firewall is like giving your wallet to a
pick-pocket for safe-keeping. Get a dedicated third
party firewall. There are plenty of good ones out there,
some better than others. Zone Alarm, Sygate, Tiny
Personal Firewall, Norton....
system via a firewall is like giving your wallet to a
pick-pocket for safe-keeping. Get a dedicated third
party firewall. There are plenty of good ones out there,
some better than others. Zone Alarm, Sygate, Tiny
Personal Firewall, Norton....
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Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
WinXP's built-in firewall is fine at stopping incoming attacks, and
hiding your ports from probes. It doesn't give you any alarms to tell
you that it is working, though. What WinXP also does not do, is
protect you from any Trojans or spyware that you might download and
install inadvertently. It doesn't monitor out-going traffic at all,
much less block (or at least ask you about) the bad or the
questionable out-going packets.
ZoneAlarm, Kerio, or Sygate are much better, and there are a free
versions available. Personally, I've been very happy with Symantec's
Norton Internet Security 2002 (NIS 2003 is now available), which
includes Norton AntiVirus, Norton Personal Firewall, parental
controls, privacy controls, and ad blocking. (Just the elimination of
most pop-up ads on the Internet made the price worth-while to me.)
You can compare several firewall solutions, some of them free,
here:
The DSL Zone Your Broadband Solution Source
http://thedslzone.com/Software.html
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
WinXP's built-in firewall is fine at stopping incoming attacks, and
hiding your ports from probes. It doesn't give you any alarms to tell
you that it is working, though. What WinXP also does not do, is
protect you from any Trojans or spyware that you might download and
install inadvertently. It doesn't monitor out-going traffic at all,
much less block (or at least ask you about) the bad or the
questionable out-going packets.
ZoneAlarm, Kerio, or Sygate are much better, and there are a free
versions available. Personally, I've been very happy with Symantec's
Norton Internet Security 2002 (NIS 2003 is now available), which
includes Norton AntiVirus, Norton Personal Firewall, parental
controls, privacy controls, and ad blocking. (Just the elimination of
most pop-up ads on the Internet made the price worth-while to me.)
You can compare several firewall solutions, some of them free,
here:
The DSL Zone Your Broadband Solution Source
http://thedslzone.com/Software.html
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
K
Kent W. England [MVP]
You screwed up. The XP ICF stops all incoming unsolicited traffic,
except for those applications that know how to open a port hole in ICF.
except for those applications that know how to open a port hole in ICF.