Windows firewall or Symantec client firewall??
06-06-2006, 02:16 PM
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get a hardware firewall
06-06-2006, 02:19 PM
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Symantec=poison.
06-06-2006, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by zeroday
not even close to necessary for a home PC behind a NAT router.
This is work and we have a Watchguard firewall as our gateway to the internet.
06-06-2006, 02:25 PM
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This is work and we have a Watchguard firewall as our gateway to the internet.
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06-06-2006, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by mamboking
This is work and we have a Watchguard firewall as our gateway to the internet.
06-06-2006, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by zeroday
Then all you need is the windows firewall. Why isn't someone in IT at your work setting this up for you?
I am the IT guy. I work on a small insurance agency so I am IT!!! My background is programming though but I recently completed an upgrade from our Windows SBS 2000 to 2003. At the same time I upgraded our Symantec Client Security software from 2.0 to 3.1. Lo and behold, the 3.1 version has a firewall piece which we didn't have with 2.0. That's why I was asking.
06-06-2006, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by mamboking
I am the IT guy. I work on a small insurance agency so I am IT!!! My background is programming though but I recently completed an upgrade from our Windows SBS 2000 to 2003. At the same time I upgraded our Symantec Client Security software from 2.0 to 3.1. Lo and behold, the 3.1 version has a firewall piece which we didn't have with 2.0. That's why I was asking.
just keep in mind that by default the windows firewall drops icmp (pings), and a bunch of other stuff so if you do any remote software installations or vulnerability assessments it might block you unless you open some stuff up (xp sp2 firewall only).
06-06-2006, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by zeroday
just keep in mind that by default the windows firewall drops icmp (pings), and a bunch of other stuff so if you do any remote software installations or vulnerability assessments it might block you unless you open some stuff up (xp sp2 firewall only).
06-06-2006, 02:46 PM
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Zeroday for the win..... Windows Firewall is fine and free....
06-06-2006, 09:01 PM
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I use zonealarm for my home pc, just because I have more control over what I want going in and out of my pc. With the windows firewall I have a hard time with network connectivity.
06-07-2006, 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by zeroday
unless you're directly connected to the net (i.e. no NAT router) all you need is the windows firewall and some good spyware/av stuff.
Symantec's firewall is a joke anyway.
Symantec's firewall is a joke anyway.
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