Firewall

[Adrian]

I have been told that the built in firewall is not much good. Norton
Internet Security 2003 offers Firewall protection. Is it any good!!!


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[Jim Macklin]

Norton is better but Zone Alarm is free download. (There is
also a paid version of ZA which has some more features)

Steve Gibson www.grc.com says ZA is the only firewall he
recommends.

XP's firewall doesn't have the customization features as ZA
and it only works for inbound traffic, doesn't alert or
block Trojans.


"Adrian" > wrote in message
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| I have been told that the built in firewall is not much
good. Norton
| Internet Security 2003 offers Firewall protection. Is it
any good!!!
|
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| Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date:
13/05/2003
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[Unknown]

Nothing wrong with built in firewall. Why bother checking outgoing??
"Adrian" > wrote in message
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> I have been told that the built in firewall is not much good. Norton
> Internet Security 2003 offers Firewall protection. Is it any good!!!
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 13/05/2003
>
>

[Bernie]

Trojans, Spyware and a host of other reason.
For instance I don't like HTML in email as it's used by spammers to verify
your e-mail address is good when it connects to their web site and downloads
items.
With a rules based firewall I can close those ports so Outlook won't talk to
their website.
I have a small home network and the built in firewall stops connections from
the other machines. With a rules based firewall I can add the IP addresses
of the other machines to a list of trusted computers.
NIS is more than just a firewall it can also block Java and ActiveX scripts,
cookies, advertisements, popups, referer, browser user agent, and more.
If you should happen to get NIS this site is a must so you can configure
applications properly.
http://www.pcflank.com/fw_rules_db.htm
Bernie

"Unknown" > wrote in message
y.com...
> Nothing wrong with built in firewall. Why bother checking outgoing??
> "Adrian" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have been told that the built in firewall is not much good. Norton
> > Internet Security 2003 offers Firewall protection. Is it any good!!!
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> > Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 13/05/2003
> >
> >
>
>

[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.

To enable the built-in firewall, Start > Network Connections >
Right-click the connection > Properties > Advanced > Protect my
computer.....

ZoneAlarm or Sygate are much better, and there are a free versions
available. Personally, I've been very happy with Symantec's Norton
Internet Security 2002 (NIS 2003 is now available), which includes
Norton AntiVirus, Norton Personal Firewall, parental controls, privacy
controls, and ad blocking. (Just the elimination of most pop-up ads
on the Internet made the price worth-while to me.)


Bruce Chambers

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"Adrian" > wrote in message
...
> I have been told that the built in firewall is not much good. Norton
> Internet Security 2003 offers Firewall protection. Is it any good!!!
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 13/05/2003
>
>

[DJ]

On Fri, 23 May 2003 16:20:24 +0000 (UTC), "Adrian"
> wrote:

>I have been told that the built in firewall is not much good. Norton
>Internet Security 2003 offers Firewall protection. Is it any good!!!

Use Zone Alarm. It is by far the only firewall that works. Many
tests have shown issues with every other consumer software firewall.

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"Bernie" > wrote in message

> Trojans, Spyware and a host of other reason.
> For instance I don't like HTML in email as it's used by spammers to
> verify your e-mail address is good when it connects to their web site
> and downloads items.
> With a rules based firewall I can close those ports so Outlook won't
> talk to their website.
> I have a small home network and the built in firewall stops
> connections from the other machines. With a rules based firewall I
> can add the IP addresses of the other machines to a list of trusted
> computers.
> NIS is more than just a firewall it can also block Java and ActiveX
> scripts, cookies, advertisements, popups, referer, browser user
> agent, and more.
> If you should happen to get NIS this site is a must so you can
> configure applications properly.
> http://www.pcflank.com/fw_rules_db.htm
> Bernie
>

And you can set OE6 SP1 to read all messages in plain text so the HTML never
runs unless you decide to turn it off.

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