"Corday" wrote in message
...
I'm a strong believer in both a router firewall and a good one (not MSs
built
in) on the computer. Speaking of firewalls, don't listen to the ISP rep
who
suggests using the same password for the router as the Administrator sign
on.
Before the jokes about me using two condoms, yes I believe in protect,
protect, protect.

Do you not provide the best protection yourself, Corday?
And I don't mean this to be a smart or funny remark either. H.

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I mastered Wordstar graphics!


"Lucas Wader-Magneto" wrote:


And FWIW, if you connect up a 3rd party firewall and/or a router, they
automatically turn the XP firewall off.

Modern ones do. Kerio 2.1.5 doesn't. I don't know about the other old
ones,
as I don't consider any of them unobtrusive enough or light on resources
to
run alongside other firewalls and/or solely for monitoring outbound
traffic.

I've been running it continuously since before XP, on XP since '02, and
with
a router w. firewall for the last 2 years.

The only point of running Windows Firewall in conjunction with a hardware
firewall is in the situation along the lines of: your router calls it a
day
so you reconnect your old USB modem. If you've been running with no
software
firewall for months, or even years, odds are you'll forget to turn it
back
on, so - if it doesn't interfere with anything - leave it enabled. But
neither let you know what's trying to get out.


Shane