Re: Firewalls and Wireless Routers
From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.lan)
Date: 12/30/04
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:03:05 GMT
In article <e1UNTZr7EHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>, Marko@mmct.net
says...
> Leythos wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I would like to add something:
>
> if you have a router's "nice little NAT system" then you effectively
> don't exist to probes, its very good, but that is only half of it.
>
> zonealarm allows you to block/control outgoing stuff and XP's firewall
> doesn't do that.
I agree and support the above notions. One think people using JUST a
personal firewall, like SP2 or ZA or any other, is that it requires the
user to make decisions based on information that the user may not have
or understand. In addition to user error, a virus could disable a
personal firewall and break out into the internet or local network.
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