Win XP Pro Firewall

[Don]

Would it be a good thing to run Win XP Pro firewall and
the Zone Alarm firewall at the same time. Would it provide
more protection or just cause problems for each one?
Thank You for your help.
Don

[Lu Powell]

Just my personal opinion, FWIW - go with Zone Alarm alone. It works well
in both directions. XP firewall only works on incoming.


"Don" > wrote in message
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> Would it be a good thing to run Win XP Pro firewall and
> the Zone Alarm firewall at the same time. Would it provide
> more protection or just cause problems for each one?
> Thank You for your help.
> Don

[Malke]

Don wrote:

> Would it be a good thing to run Win XP Pro firewall and
> the Zone Alarm firewall at the same time. Would it provide
> more protection or just cause problems for each one?
> Thank You for your help.
> Don

At this time (pre-SP2), you don't want to run two firewalls at the same
time. I have heard that with the final SP2 it won't hurt, but right now
just stick to ZA.

Malke
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[Ken Blake, MVP]

In ,
Don > typed:

> Would it be a good thing to run Win XP Pro firewall and
> the Zone Alarm firewall at the same time. Would it provide
> more protection or just cause problems for each one?
> Thank You for your help.


You'll get varying opinions on this. Here's mine: running two
firewalls affords you no extra protection, but adds the risk of a
conflict between the two. Don't do it.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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