Re: OT: firewall program
- From: Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:29:32 +0000
Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:50:05 -0800, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a relatively inexpensive firewall that is *simple* to use
and undeerstand?
Suggestions?
Use a router?
GRC rates me as "All ports are stealth".
Robert is on dial up.
Get an old 486 and run the FREESCO router on it.
It doesn't even have to have a hard drive.
Manages the modem perfectly, and, like all
hardware routers, give a level of protection
no software firewall can possible attain.
Also, install Zone Alarm on any Windows PCs you
have. The free version works perfectly, but you
may want to get the paid version just because
it comes configured for a bunch of common
applications, saving you 20 seconds or so
telling Zone Alarm which ones you want to
allow to access the Internet.
Why both? Software firewalls don't get to
the data until after it reaches the operating
system, and thus cannot protect from attacks
that exploit fundamental weaknesses in the OS.
Hardware firewalls sit on the wire between the
computer and the Internet and thus cannot take
advantage of internal knowledge such as knowing
that Internet Explorer *does* normally access
the Internet while Notepad and your screensaver
*don't* access the Internet, and thus allows
the former while blocking the latter.
--
Guy Macon
<http://www.guymacon.com/>
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