new cable connecion question

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 06/29/04


Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:26:10 -0700

You can use any firewall. I believe that Zone Alarm is a
better bet than XP's. It monitors both inbound and
outbound traffic while XP's only monitors inbound. I use
Zone Alarm's free version. But please be aware that
there's a problem with both recent releases of Zone Alarm
version 5.xxx.

Check the Zone Alarm usergroup at:
http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs before downloading it.

For the time being, get version 4.5.594. It works fine.
Periodically check their site and wait until version 5
is "deloused". Then wait another week or two before
installing it, just to make sure it's O.K.

Hope this helps,
Milt

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi there- CAn anyone help me enable the firewall on my
new internet cable connection I just got with mediacom-
Also if I get Zone alarm free version, will it work with
cable??? But for now, Id like to do the xp firewall that
came with Xp untill I read more on ZA free version-any
other ideas for someone new to cable connection? thanks in
advance
>



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