Firewall in XP

[Evan Stedman]

>-----Original Message-----
>How secure and reliable is the firewall provided with
>Windows XP Pro?
>.
> not at all secure, Becky. I ran a test program with all
but WinXP connection firewall active and the test signal
passed straight thru without even a single alert from
WinXP firewall. Thats why I trust ZoneAlarm Pro version
4.012.123

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

You screwed up. The XP ICF stops all incoming unsolicited traffic,
except for those applications that know how to open a port hole in ICF.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"Evan Stedman" > wrote in
message ...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >How secure and reliable is the firewall provided with
> >Windows XP Pro?
> >.
> > not at all secure, Becky. I ran a test program with all
> but WinXP connection firewall active and the test signal
> passed straight thru without even a single alert from
> WinXP firewall. Thats why I trust ZoneAlarm Pro version
> 4.012.123