Re: Do I need a firewall?


"Haggis" <bingsnapREMOVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Miss Perspicacia Tick" <test@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Mike Hall (MS-MVP) wrote:
>>> MK
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>>> I would go with the third party software firewall and SP2..
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>> I disagree. I also have a Netgear router and find the hardware firewall
>> to be more than adequate (and it frees up clock cycles for other things).
>> I agree with you regarding SP2, though.
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>> A hardware firewall is infinitely preferable to a software one.
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>> In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/
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> agreed , hardware is first choice....and i have not seen many discussions
> about SP2 "slowing" performance(recommend you defrag after installing SP2)

Actually, to add more (as you are wrong also). Just simply using a hardware
firewall only is not good, without the software, since it won't even alert
you to someone trying to get in . It is more than likely that someone making
an attempt at getting past it is possible, but not impossible. So, if one
got past one of the ports, you would never know it, and software would give
an alert, and quick response to take action. Most hardware routers come with
decent software firewalls anyway, I would use it.


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