Firwalls and XP?

[Septima]

If one has the firewall that is supplied with XP enabled is it neccessary to
run another firewall and can two be run together if it is. I took mine
through some of the tests online and it is blocking all of the ports. I did
of course some of the services tweaking that was suggested by a friend but
am wondering if I should run a firewall with the one supplied?

TIA
Septima

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Septima wrote:
> If one has the firewall that is supplied with XP enabled is it
> neccessary to run another firewall and can two be run together if it
> is. I took mine through some of the tests online and it is blocking
> all of the ports. I did of course some of the services tweaking that
> was suggested by a friend but am wondering if I should run a firewall
> with the one supplied?
>
> TIA

It depends on how you use the PC. The built-in XP Firewall monitors and
blocks incoming traffic only. Any outbound traffic is not monitored. If you
use strongly disciplined safe practices when operating the PC, the built-in
firewall provides enough protection. There are several free, third party
firewalls that can co-exist with the XP firewall like Zone Alarm. ZA
provides more options like monitoring email attachments, etc.

Zone Labs:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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