XP2 and router firewalls

From: Ken Wampach (NOSPAM_at_myisp.com)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:51:14 -0600

>From what I have seen in this group, the consensus seemed to be
that ICF was unnecessary if your LAN was behind a router with
the fire wall enabled. In my case, I have a D-Link DI-604 with
all ports blocked. I get "Full Stealth" mode from "Shields Up"
at www.grc.com after I routed Port 113 to 192.168.0.200 which is
well out of range of any of my machines. Their are 4 computers
on the network in a home office used only by my wife and me, so
I have things very open on the LAN.

My question is whether their is any need for the SP2 firewall in
this configuration, when, and if, I get up the courage to try
SP2? 

-- 
Ken Wampach - FirstNameLastNameATyahooDOTcom

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