Re: Is Windows firewall a supplement to third party FW?
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 06/27/04
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:51:42 -0600
Greetings --
No, WinXP's built-in ICF is _not_ designed to act as a compliment
to 3rd party firewalls, and Microsoft actually recommends disabling it
if you use another software firewall, although a great many people
have reported no problems using ICF in conjunction with other
products. Running two or more software firewalls simultaneously is
generally unnecessary and can sometimes cause conflicts, possibly
negating the protection of both. In any event, having two firewalls
running simultaneously is most certainly an unnecessary drain on
system resources.
However, the much improved Windows Firewall that comes as part of
WinXP's Service Pack 2 _is_ designed to compliment 3rd party
firewalls.
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH "Hem" <no_reply@please.com> wrote in message news:eemNEEFXEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > XP Home, SP1. Is the ICF intended as a supplement to third party firewalls? > What I mean by this is if I use a third party fw should I deactivate the > Windows one or leave it on. Thanks. > > -- > Regards > >
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