Re: Firewalls and Wireless Routers

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From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.lan)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:48:01 GMT

In article <ObBaEDr7EHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>,
davecrispy@hotmail.com says...
> If I have a wireless router installed and working and configured with a WEP
> firewall.
>
> The question is - can I safely stop using the built in firewall with Windows
> XP Pro SP2 and rely on the one in the router?
>
> Seems a bit silly having a firewall in the router and on both the desktop
> and laptop!

If you have a wireless router I would guess that it's not actually got a
firewall, just NAT, so you don't really have a firewall - none of the
home user units are really firewalls, just nice little NAT systems.

Since the XP SP2 firewall is really open to being improperly configured
you're not doing much with it that isn't already being handled by the
NAT box. If you want to have a firewall, either purchase something like
the WatchGuard Firebox SOHO unit or install something like ZoneAlarm. 

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