Re: Router - additional firewall
From: Bob (nottooslow_at_forevermail.com)
Date: 07/02/04
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Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 01:05:36 GMT
In article <2kfufpF1q5v9U1@uni-berlin.de>, mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net
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> Many people consider it a good idea to have a software firewall on each
> computer as well as a hardware firewall on the router. Obviously your SIL
> does not agree with this school of thought. If your router firewall
> controls outgoing as well as incoming traffic, you never take any of the
> computers on your network elsewhere, do not have users on any computer who
> engage in dubious practices, do not run a wireless network, and keep all
> computers fully patched with all their antivirus and antitrojan programs
> updated daily, then you probably do not need the extra security of a
> software firewall on each computer as well. If not, I would recommend the
> second firewall.
>
Sheila,
Don't forget that if the router dies for some reason and there is no
software firewall for backup, there would be a catch-22 problem. You'd need
to get a software firewall to be safe on the net while the router is
repaired/replaced, but how do you safely get on the net to get the software
firewall?
Bob/Texas
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