Re: Disabling XP SP2 Firewall

From: Yves Leclerc (yleclercNOSPAM_at_maysys.com)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:53:01 -0500

It does not hurt to have a software firewall (SP2) and a hardware firewall
(DSL router). The DSL router is mainly using NAT (Network Address
Translating???) in order to "hide" your PC.

Also, SP2 's firewall is still limited. You should take a look at Zone
Alarm.

"F.S." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:068301c4fd96$2438f210$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> According with this page
> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/viruses/fwbenefit
> s.mspx
> ...I don't need additional firewall software while I'm
> using a dsl hardware router connected to internet.
> Question is, should I disable the firewall built into XP
> SP2 despite of my hardware router? I feel nonsense
> keeping XPsp2 firewall enabled.
> Any suggestion please. Thanks
>
> F.S.

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