Re: Home networking and cable Internet security

From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (cnfrisch_at_nospamgmail.com)
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:16:32 -0500

"You should not enable the firewall on any connection that does
not directly connect to the Internet. ICF is not needed if you already
have a firewall or proxy server on your network in your home."

Use the Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/icf.mspx 

-- 
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Be Smart!  Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx 
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"Eigil Krogh" wrote:
| Hi
| 
| I have 3 PCs running Windoiws XP. They are all connected to the Internet via 
| Cable modem. They get their IP-Addres via DHCP from the ISP. Except for one, 
| that has a static IP-Address the addresses change randomly when the ISP DHCP 
| server changes them.
| 
| I want to use the 3 PCs in a home network to share files, printers etc.
| 
| I have McAfee Personal Firewall Plus and Norton Internet Security running on 
| the PCs (only 1 on each of course).
| 
| My problem is, that I can't figure out how to configure the security. On 
| each PC I can open for access for the IP-number of the two others and lock 
| all other IP-Adresses out, but then I have to reconfigure the firewalls each 
| time the DHCP server changes the IP-Adresses.
| 
| How/what do I do to avoid the configuration of the firewalls. The MAC 
| addresses instead of the IP_Addresse would be a solution, but I don't know 
| how to enter MAC addresses in NIS and McAfee Personal Firewall. Is that 
| possible ?
| 
| 
| Thanks in advance
| 
| -- Eigil

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