Re: Networking 2 xphome computers

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 02/09/04 

Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 06:54:14 -0800

On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:31:09 -0800, "alan" <levencino23@aol.com> wrote:

>Hey Chuck thanx for the advice it work. Simply shutting off the 2 Mcaffe Firewall Expresses i had wasnt doing the trick so I uninstalled them and restarted both my computers and vuela! i can see my network once more. Bubblebunny if you have a software firewall delete it. Chuck i jus wanted to know is my network protected by my linksys router BEFRS41? does it have an hardware firewall incorporated in it or do i have to remain completely unprotected inorder for my network to work?

Alan,

Your BEFSR41 will give you excellent protection against incoming
threats. It won't do anything about hostile code sending outgoing
traffic, which is why many purists insist that a NAT router is not a
real firewall.

The firewall should be part of a layered protection strategy anyway.
Other layers include religious virus and spyware scanning and real
time protection, religiously applied software updates, using a port
monitor (such as Port Explorer (free) from
<http://www.diamondcs.com.au/portexplorer/index.php?page=home>), and
using enhanced process monitoring (such as Process Explorer (free)
from <http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml>).
Know what's running on your computer, and be aware of current threats
(<http://isc.sans.org/>).

Thanks for the update. McAfee Firewall is apparently yet another
badly behaved personal firewall.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

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