Re: Firewall Necessity

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From: Tom (patomPASdeSpam_at_advalvas.be)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 07:22:22 +0100

Is a firewall really necessary ? Let's take a comparison. When you fly, one
person controls your ticket, another check if you have a bomb in your
pocket. The first one is the firewall, he controls if you can access the PC,
while the second one is the antivirus and controls if you have a virus in
your pocket. A little bit oversimplified but I hope this could help you to
understand why you need both protections.

Tom 

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"Spiderman" <spiderman@spiderman.com> a écrit dans le message de
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> I have a wireless local network connecting 2 PC's and sharing a broadband
> connection. The host is running Windows XP...the other PC is running
Windows
> ME. When I turn on the XP built-in firewall on the broadband NIC, the
other
> PC loses it's shared Internet connection. Without the firewall on the NIC,
> the internet connection is shared just fine. My real question is: is a
> firewall REALLY necessary? I already run anti-virus, what REAL protection
> does a firewall provide? I never used one prior to XP...and never had a
> problem, besides it slows down the connection. Just curious what the
experts
> think...
>
>

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