XP SP2 Issues

[Frank]

With a proper virus checker and adware checker outgoing checking is
NOT
needed.

This is above the mental comprehension of most users.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Right, Windows SP2's Firewall is fully integrated with
the MS XP OS and hooked directly to Automatic Update..no
comparison. Lose ZA.

You mean lose WinXP's firewall. don't you? No one with any knowledge
in the field considers it more than a "stop-gap" solution.
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[Ron Reaugh]

You mean lose WinXP's firewall. don't you?

Not hardly.

No one with any knowledge
in the field considers it more than a "stop-gap" solution.

You are simply flat WRONG!

 

[John Waller]

No one with any knowledge

You are simply flat WRONG!

There are plenty of articles from respectable commentators on the
inadequacies of the XP2 Firewall (links provided as examples only, not to
prove a point). Most comment on the lack of outbound monitoring. I'm aware
that some opine that spy checkers and anti-virus software should do the job
for outbound traffic but there seem to be a few varying points of view.

http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/other/0,39020682,39163267,00.htm

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/firewalls/a/aa081804b.htm

The jury still seems to be out overall.

 

[John Waller]

Then there's something missing from your story OR you need a new

"company that administers". I suspect the former.

Our workstations (all running XP Pro SP2 with Windows Firewall) and our
(single) server (running Windows SBS 2003) are all connected to a NetComm
1300 ADSL modem which has an inbuilt NAT router (but no SPI).

The modem connects to the Internet 24/7.

That's the story.

 

[Ron Reaugh]

There are plenty of articles from respectable commentators on the
inadequacies of the XP2 Firewall (links provided as examples only, not to
prove a point). Most comment on the lack of outbound monitoring.

Outgoing monitoring is unneeded with a good virus checker and spyware
checker.

 

[Ron Reaugh]

Our workstations (all running XP Pro SP2 with Windows Firewall) and our
(single) server (running Windows SBS 2003)

SBS2003 is the firewall and that's the missing part.

 

[John Waller]

SBS2003 is the firewall and that's the missing part.

I see.

Thanks Ron.

 

[John Waller]

Outgoing monitoring is unneeded with a good virus checker and spyware

checker.

Fair enough. I have both.

All I'm saying is that, judging by their online articles, not all industry
pundits seem to have come to the same conclusion.

 

[Ron Reaugh]

Fair enough. I have both.

All I'm saying is that, judging by their online articles, not all industry
pundits seem to have come to the same conclusion.

But I and MS have and that is what is important<G>.

 

[John Waller]

But I and MS have and that is what is important<G>.

I can't argue with that ;-)

 

[Al Smith]

I can't argue with that ;-)

[sticks finger down throat and gags]