Firewall

[Fred Pickering]

I have SP2 installed and the latest security updates. I run Agnitum Outpost
Pro. I also had the XP firewall selected. I have noticed recently when ever
I boot up the XP firewall defaults to off and I have to manually turn it on.
Should I not be running 2 firewalls? Or should I be putting an exception in
somewhere? (XP or Outpost?)

 

[Nepatsfan]

Conventional wisdom is to only have 1 running. Keep the Agnitum
program running. Turn off Windows Firewall.

If you start getting alerts about your Firewall settings then
open Control Panel and run Security Center. Look for "Change the
way Security Center alerts me". Click on it and in the box that
pops up uncheck Firewall.

Nepatsfan

 

[Robert Jacobs]

Never run two firewalls at the same time. It can cause problems with one
firewall configured to use ports one way and the other to use them in
another. It could deny you usability or create holes in your security.

Robert....