Firewalls

I would like to ask if the Windows XP (home) firewall is sufficient as in
getting the service pack 2 from Microsoft UK there was another disc
containing "EZ Armour Firewall". In Windows help F1, it indicates not having
two firewalls running.

My question then is, will my computer be protected with just the Windows
Firewall or do I need the additional software?

Regards

Colin

"Colin Brittain" wrote in message

I would like to ask if the Windows XP (home) firewall is sufficient as in
getting the service pack 2 from Microsoft UK there was another disc
containing "EZ Armour Firewall". In Windows help F1, it indicates not
having
two firewalls running.

My question then is, will my computer be protected with just the Windows
Firewall or do I need the additional software?

Regards

Colin

I consider the WinXP SP2 firewall adequate. Many others don't. They
generally alledge (falsely) that the Windows firewall does not check
outgoing packets and that the one they recommend does.

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You may also want to purchase a hardware firewall, being a router, if you do
not have one already. This helps disguise your computer ip address from the
real world.





"Colin Brittain" wrote in message
...
I would like to ask if the Windows XP (home) firewall is sufficient as in
getting the service pack 2 from Microsoft UK there was another disc
containing "EZ Armour Firewall". In Windows help F1, it indicates not
having two firewalls running.

My question then is, will my computer be protected with just the Windows
Firewall or do I need the additional software?

Regards

Colin

On Sun, 8 May 2005 16:04:27 -0700, Vicki wrote:

"Colin Brittain" wrote in message
...

I would like to ask if the Windows XP (home) firewall is sufficient as in
getting the service pack 2 from Microsoft UK there was another disc
containing "EZ Armour Firewall". In Windows help F1, it indicates not
having two firewalls running.

My question then is, will my computer be protected with just the Windows
Firewall or do I need the additional software?

Regards

Colin

You may also want to purchase a hardware firewall, being a router, if you do
not have one already. This helps disguise your computer ip address from the
real world.






Old post week? Anyway, a hardware firewall is not the same thing as a
router. A NAT router does block unsolicited packets, but only as a function
of Network Address Translation. A firewall, using SPI filters, does more
than just block unsolicited packets. Many low end SOHO routers do include
rudimentary SPI filters, though; but I wouldn't call them firewalls.

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