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KENNETH MAULTSBY

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 8:24 am
Post subject: Do I still need to use a software firewall program with a router.
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I have a Linksys wireless Access point router on my home system do I still
or should I use a software firewall program also?

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 8:30 am
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KENNETH MAULTSBY wrote:

 > I have a Linksys wireless Access point router on my home system do I still
 > or should I use a software firewall program also?
 >
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Probably.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 8:35 am
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On Sat, 08 May 2004 05:24:24 GMT, "KENNETH MAULTSBY" <kmaultsby DeleteThis @verizon.net>
wrote:

 >I have a Linksys wireless Access point router on my home system do I still
 >or should I use a software firewall program also?

Yer damned skippy you do, and if you're smart you'll run one that includes
rogue application protection...

What I use: <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://blackice.iss.net/product_pc_protection.php" target="_blank">http://blackice.iss.net/product_pc_protection.php</a>

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 3:11 pm
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"KENNETH MAULTSBY" <kmaultsby RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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 > I have a Linksys wireless Access point router on my home system do I still
 > or should I use a software firewall program also?
 >

I'm running the one on my new router AND zonealarm.
The more the better Smile (well not really true, nothing seems to work with
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Doug Fitzpatrick

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 6:53 am
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On Sat, 8 May 2004 11:11:40 UTC, "Johnny" <n.RemoveThis@spam.com> wrote:
 > I'm running the one on my new router AND zonealarm.
 > The more the better Smile (well not really true, nothing seems to work with
 > the Windows XP firewall!!!!)

And how do you rate the one built into XP? I guess not very highly if
you run a third party app.

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 6:08 pm
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Doug Fitzpatrick wrote:

 > On Sat, 8 May 2004 11:11:40 UTC, "Johnny" <n DeleteThis @spam.com> wrote:
 >
  >>I'm running the one on my new router AND zonealarm.
  >>The more the better Smile (well not really true, nothing seems to work with
  >>the Windows XP firewall!!!!)
 >
 >
 > And how do you rate the one built into XP? I guess not very highly if
 > you run a third party app.
 >

ICF, the firewall built into XP, is very limited. The primary
restriction is that running ICF on a PC inhibits F&P sharing.
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KENNETH MAULTSBY

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 12:09 pm
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Thanks everyone for the feedback.
"KENNETH MAULTSBY" <kmaultsby RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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 > I have a Linksys wireless Access point router on my home system do I still
 > or should I use a software firewall program also?
 >
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