Re: Service pack 2 and existing firewalls

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 02:12:59 -0400

The SP2 firewall will protect your system from external attacks and internal leaks. 

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"jmm" <jmm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8A5C68C0-2654-4F0E-9487-03251A4F7653@microsoft.com...
>I do not have the update yet, but from what I have read the SP2 firewall does 
> not provide complete ptotection from programs running on your system. Does 
> anyone know if this is the case? Regardless of how good Microsoft's firewall 
> is, I still plan to use my other firewall as a backup. If that proves to be 
> too much hassle, I will move away from SP2 firewall till I know it is 
> reliable.
> 
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
> 
>> The new firewall in SP2 is much better than previous versions. You can restrict it to specific applications, just like ZoneAlarm and others.   A second firewall should be un-necessary.
>> 
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
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>> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>> http://www.dougknox.com
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>> "Antrobus" <eagle@vision.org> wrote in message news:5TgRc.39234$zc4.13858286@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
>> > In all the news about SP2 I haven't seen any discussion about needing it if 
>> > Norton Internet Security or other firewalls are already installed and working 
>> > well (i.e., test OK in Symantec security check.)  Will having both result in 
>> > problems like slowdown, interference of some kind?  What firewall/antivirus 
>> > combos are best?  Surprising that this isn't topic one in the news items.
>> > 
>> >
>>

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