Re: Firewall advise
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 02/27/04
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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 19:48:46 -0700
Greetings --
Like WinXP's firewall, NAT-capable routers do nothing to protect
the user from him/herself. Again -- and I _cannot_ emphasize this
enough -- almost all spyware and many Trojans and worms are downloaded
and installed deliberately (albeit unknowingly) by the user. So a
software firewall, such as Sygate or ZoneAlarm, that can detect and
warn the user of unauthorized out-going traffic is an important
element of protecting one's privacy and security. Most antivirus
applications do not scan for or protect you from adware/spyware,
because, after all, you've installed them yourself, so you must want
them there, right?
I use both a router with NAT and Sygate Personal Firewall, even
though I generally know better than to install scumware. When it
comes to computer security and protecting my privacy, I prefer the old
"belt and suspenders" approach.
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 "Limonzitos" <limonzitos@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:tIq%b.1246$4b3.493699143@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com... > Hi newsgroup, > > I have a small home network, 1 Win98 laptop and 1 XP desktop sharing > a cable > internet connection through the XP machine with a hub. I have Norton > Personal Firewall installed on the 2 machines, I'm planning to get a > router > from Netgear (RP614) which has a NAT/SPI firewall, would this be > enough > protection or do I keep the Norton firewall on my machines? > > Thanks, > Limonzitos > >
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