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Posted: 10/14/2004 2:46:06 PM EDT
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Best firewall is a hardware router. I've been on broadband for 3+ years now. It gets scanned and hit ALL THE TIME and in those 3 years the ONLY time I've been penetrated was my own damn fault (an improperly configured IIS server). Fixed that and never once have been touched.
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Posted: 10/14/2004 2:48:56 PM EDT
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+1 except it only been 1 1/2 years...
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Posted: 10/14/2004 2:49:30 PM EDT
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Definitely go with a hardware firewall. If the hacker is attacking your software it is too late, they are going to get you.
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Posted: 10/14/2004 2:52:05 PM EDT
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Run both. Hardware firewalls don't let you selectively deny internet access from single programs.
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Posted: 10/14/2004 3:01:44 PM EDT
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Get both, router and firewall. hacker came through 1 time in two years and I caught it (and my fault).
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Posted: 10/14/2004 3:07:51 PM EDT
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kerio
easy to use and more importantly easy and straight forward when it comes to customizing the ports to block www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html |
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Posted: 10/14/2004 3:19:02 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/14/2004 3:32:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/14/2004 4:10:42 PM EDT
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Thanks, S-Maxx.
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Posted: 10/14/2004 4:48:20 PM EDT
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router
AND zonealarm (freebie) Good Luck |
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Posted: 10/14/2004 4:50:29 PM EDT
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firewater, is that what you wanted tanto?
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Posted: 10/15/2004 8:46:23 AM EDT
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A router is not necessarily a firewall. Actually it really isn't a firewall by definition. All your router does is route traffic to the appropriate computer. It may use NAT (Network Address Translation) to share a single IP the world can access with multiple computers within your network the world cannot see which provides a barrier to outside hackers. It may also provide a genuine firewall within it but make sure that is the case rather than simply purchasing a router that provides NAT and calls that a firewall.
As stated NAT does hide you to a large extent from the outside world but if you download some worm that contains a trojan of some kind it will not block traffic from your computer to the outside world like a true firewall would. |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 8:47:59 AM EDT
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Sygate |
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Posted: 10/15/2004 8:50:41 AM EDT
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I have a router/firewall combo and I can block traffic both ways. That and keep your system patched.
ZERO intrusions in 4+ years of broadband internet..... |
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