Re: Firewall question

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From: CZ (CZ_at_no99spam.com)
Date: 06/02/04 

Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:31:25 -0700

>> Running two or more software firewalls simultaneously is
unnecessary and can sometimes cause conflicts, possibly negating the
protection of both

Bruce:

From:
http://www.datamonitor.com/~5c7358e23c854732a08e2e8b45604dfa~/industries/news/article/?pid=64C53C06-1FFA-49DA-9996-AE44657D9194&type=NewsWire

"Microsoft Corp expects users of its forthcoming Windows XP Service Pack 2
to run the new Windows Firewall alongside existing personal firewalls..."
"We've been doing an awful lot of compatibility testing including what will
happen if you have multiple firewalls on," said Rebecca Norlander, group
manager of Microsoft's Security Business and Technology Unit, during the
webcast.
While we recommend that you keep Windows firewall on, especially so you get
the boot protection, it will be up to you to configure how that works with
another firewall product," Norlander said. "We don't think anything adverse
would happen"

OT: Also, note an impt feature of ICF2:
"The boot protection feature means that the firewall will load and start
protecting the PC before Windows has finished booting up. Most current
software firewalls leave the PC vulnerable during the seconds before they
execute"

And, note that I am writing this in Win XP Pro SR2 RC1 with the following
three firewalls enabled w/o problems:
ICF2
ZA free
BID

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