Re: Speaking of XP Firewall......
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 02/22/04
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 21:15:17 -0700
Greetings --
WinXP's built-in firewall is adequate 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 all much better than WinXP's
built-in firewall, and are much more easily configured, and there are
free versions of each readily available. Even Symantec's Norton
Personal Firewall is superior by far, although it does take a heavier
toll of system performance then do ZoneAlarm or Sygate.
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Bruce" <nospam@nomail.invalid> wrote in message news:uXr1kwO%23DHA.3568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > How effective is XP's Firewall? Does it protect as well as Norton > or > McAfee? I have McAfee right now. Should I keep it? Online all the > time with > cable. > > Thanks, > Bruce > >
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