XP firewall

[GPNYC]

Is the XP firewall decent enough NOT to use another one?
Or can anyone suggest a good one to download??

Thanx

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

It's decent, actually does a pretty good job, but only works for incoming
traffic. It does not monitor outgoing traffic. What this means is that if
you have a trojan, spyware, etc. on the system, the native firewall will not
block it from "phoning home". For that capability, you need a third party
firewall. There are some here:

http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Ken Blake]

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Is the XP firewall decent enough NOT to use another one?
Or can anyone suggest a good one to download??

It's OK, but it monitors incoming traffic only. There are better
choices. I use and like the free version of ZoneAlarm.

 

[Guest]

THANX!!

Also, thanx for the bit of info. Very helpful to
understanding the stuff...

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

WinXP's built-in firewall is fine at stopping incoming attacks, and
hiding your ports from probes. It doesn't give you any alarms to tell
you that it is working, though. What WinXP also does not do, is
protect you from any Trojans or spyware that you might download and
install inadvertently. It doesn't monitor out-going traffic at all,
much less block (or at least ask you about) the bad or the
questionable out-going packets.

ZoneAlarm, Kerio, or Sygate are all much better, and are much more
easily configured, and there are a free versions of each readily
available. Even Symantec's Norton Personal Firewall is superior,
although it does take a heavier toll of performance then do ZoneAlarm,
Kerio, or Sygate.


Bruce Chambers

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