RE: one firewall better than two

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"species8350" wrote:

Hi,

Evidently, one firewall is better thatn two, I realise that they
compete, but I don't understand why this should be a problem.

Evidently, the same principle applies to anti-virus programmes.

Can anyone explain these facts to me?


If a machine is running two host based software FW(s) on the machine, a
condition can happened called double firewalled, meaning that inbound packets
may not reach the machine, becuase one FW is allowing the packets to pass
through the FW while the other FW is blocking the passage of the same inbound
packets through the FW.



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