Re: SP2 firewall problem

From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 12:17:16 -0700

In news:%230%23Decd6EHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
GateKeeper <GateKeeper@earth1ink.net> typed:

>I have read numerous posts advising users not to run the Windows
>XP
> firewall and another one at the same time. I do have both a
> hardware
> firewall (my router) and the WinXP firewall on my laptop, but
> this
> has never caused a problem for me.

There is never a problem running both a hardware firewall and a
software firewall--I do the same. The advice, which I and many
others give, is not to run two *software* firewalls at once.

You might want to consider, however, that your Windows XP
firewall pretty much duplicates what the hardware firewall does,
and provides little, if any, extra benfit. Both protect you
agiant sincoming attacks only. If you're going to run a software
firewall, I would recommend you run almost any of the third-party
ones, which would add outgoing protection. 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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