Re: Is xp firewall adequate?--update

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From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:53:20 -0700

In news:vDtKd.3293$wA5.1878@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com,
Unknown <Unknown@Somewhere.Kom> typed:

> Windows XP with SP2 is more than adequate for a firewall.
> Anything
> additional just clutters up your computer ...

Sorry, but that's nonsense. The Windows firewall works and is far
better than nothing, but it's also probably the worst of all the
choices. Unlike almost all third-party firewalls it doesn't
monitor outgoing traffic and is therefore inferior to them.

> ... and invaribly causes
> problems. Use common sense and SP2.

I personally use the free version of ZoneAlrm and it has caused
me no problems. I know a great many other people who also use ZA
or one of the other third-party firewalls. None of them have
caused any problems for them either. 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "John" <John1188u8@Elkestr.com> wrote in message
> news:O$849IOBFHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I have the Zone Alarm Pro versions 2 and 4.  Tried both and my
>>computer went into a cycle of reboots, until I was able to get 
>>into
>>safe mode and restore to a pre-Zone Alarm installation.  I 
>>finally
>>found a current version of the free standard ZA and it seems to 
>>work
>>ok (just doesn't have the bells and whistles of the Pro 
>>version).  I
>>was just surprised at the outcome of the earlier versions. I 
>>suspect
>>it has something to do with service pack 2, as I tried both 
>>ZAPros v.
>>2 and 4 on a computer with XP service pack 1 and it went smooth 
>>with
>>those.
>> John
>>
>>
>> "John" <John1188u8@Elkestr.com> wrote in message
>> news:egZ9NbJBFHA.4004@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Will, Tom, Chuck and Blake, thank you all for the information 
>>> and
>>> advice. Zone Alarm it will be.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> "John" <John1188u8@Elkestr.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uURL4JIBFHA.3264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>I just got a new computer and trying to decide if I should 
>>>>install
>>>>Zone Alarm (which I have) or just go with the build in XP 
>>>>firewall.
>>>>Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> John

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