Internet Connection Firewall vs. Norton Personal Firewall

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I recently acquired a broadband (cable) connection to the internet,
and have been advised to use a firewall.

Is it sufficient to use the Internet Connection Firewall that comes
(free) with Windows XP, or are there significant advantages to Norton
Personal Firewall?

Robert Lawrence

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[purplehaz03]

Forget both and get zonealarm. Protects from inbound and outbound
connections and it's free.
www.zonelabs.com

> wrote in message
...
> I recently acquired a broadband (cable) connection to the internet,
> and have been advised to use a firewall.
>
> Is it sufficient to use the Internet Connection Firewall that comes
> (free) with Windows XP, or are there significant advantages to Norton
> Personal Firewall?
>
> Robert Lawrence
>
> Please reply to this newsgroup only.

[Farmisht]

Personally, I agree with the advice you got from purplehaz03. But to answer
your question:

Internet Connection Firewall is adequate, but it suffers from two major
limitations: It's not very configurable, and it won't stop your computer
from accessing the internet without your knowledge. Just about any third
party firewall is better. Can't say anything about NPF specifically 'cause I
don't use it. I like Zone Alarm.

Farmisht.

> wrote in message
...
> I recently acquired a broadband (cable) connection to the internet,
> and have been advised to use a firewall.
>
> Is it sufficient to use the Internet Connection Firewall that comes
> (free) with Windows XP, or are there significant advantages to Norton
> Personal Firewall?
>
> Robert Lawrence
>
> Please reply to this newsgroup only.

[Filthy_Few]

Both purp and Farm are correct. ZoneAlarm is considered the best SOFTWARE
firewall out there. Link>>
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/zap_za_grid.jsp

> wrote in message
...
> I recently acquired a broadband (cable) connection to the internet,
> and have been advised to use a firewall.
>
> Is it sufficient to use the Internet Connection Firewall that comes
> (free) with Windows XP, or are there significant advantages to Norton
> Personal Firewall?
>
> Robert Lawrence
>
> Please reply to this newsgroup only.


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[RL]

Thanks for your response.

I have downloaded ZoneAlarm and am trying it.

It looks like just what I need.

I notice that ZoneAlarm appears on my taskbar as a regular open
program, and that when I cycle thru open programs using Alt-Tab, the
Zone Alarm icon appears among those of the other open programs, and
can't be gotten rid of, except by closing ZoneAlarm. I'd like to get
it to just sit all the way on the right side of the tray as a
miniaturized icon, as my other running utilities (e.g., Norton
Antivirus) do. Do you know if this is possible?

Robert Lawrence

On Mon, 5 May 2003 14:58:08 -0400, "Farmisht" >
wrote:

>Personally, I agree with the advice you got from purplehaz03. But to answer
>your question:
>
>Internet Connection Firewall is adequate, but it suffers from two major
>limitations: It's not very configurable, and it won't stop your computer
>from accessing the internet without your knowledge. Just about any third
>party firewall is better. Can't say anything about NPF specifically 'cause I
>don't use it. I like Zone Alarm.
>
>Farmisht.
>
> wrote in message
...
>> I recently acquired a broadband (cable) connection to the internet,
>> and have been advised to use a firewall.
>>
>> Is it sufficient to use the Internet Connection Firewall that comes
>> (free) with Windows XP, or are there significant advantages to Norton
>> Personal Firewall?
>>
>> Robert Lawrence
>>
>> Please reply to this newsgroup only.
>

[RL]

I just answered my own question.

There is a "Don't show this again" checkbox in the window that appears
when I click on the large ZoneAlarm icon. When I check this box, the
large icon disappears, and a miniature one remains in the tray, where
it belongs.

Thanks again.

Robert Lawrence

On Tue, 06 May 2003 00:50:03 GMT, > wrote:

>Thanks for your response.
>
>I have downloaded ZoneAlarm and am trying it.
>
>It looks like just what I need.
>
>I notice that ZoneAlarm appears on my taskbar as a regular open
>program, and that when I cycle thru open programs using Alt-Tab, the
>Zone Alarm icon appears among those of the other open programs, and
>can't be gotten rid of, except by closing ZoneAlarm. I'd like to get
>it to just sit all the way on the right side of the tray as a
>miniaturized icon, as my other running utilities (e.g., Norton
>Antivirus) do. Do you know if this is possible?
>
>Robert Lawrence
>
>On Mon, 5 May 2003 14:58:08 -0400, "Farmisht" >
>wrote:
>
>>Personally, I agree with the advice you got from purplehaz03. But to answer
>>your question:
>>
>>Internet Connection Firewall is adequate, but it suffers from two major
>>limitations: It's not very configurable, and it won't stop your computer
>>from accessing the internet without your knowledge. Just about any third
>>party firewall is better. Can't say anything about NPF specifically 'cause I
>>don't use it. I like Zone Alarm.
>>
>>Farmisht.
>>
> wrote in message
...
>>> I recently acquired a broadband (cable) connection to the internet,
>>> and have been advised to use a firewall.
>>>
>>> Is it sufficient to use the Internet Connection Firewall that comes
>>> (free) with Windows XP, or are there significant advantages to Norton
>>> Personal Firewall?
>>>
>>> Robert Lawrence
>>>
>>> Please reply to this newsgroup only.
>>


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