I have a friend that called me once because her PCAnywhere wasn't working.
Turned out black ice blocked it without telling her. I also read a few
pieces on zombies walking right through black ice.
At 02:21 PM 8/2/01, you wrote:
>I hear Blackice is pretty good. I've used McAfee's firewall as well. They
>both do a great job of blocking traffic. Unfortunately, on a development
>server that caused me problems and I ended up passing on that idea. They're
>more trouble than they're worth for me. Your situation may be different.
>
>Blackice works on NT and 2000. McAfee is only for 95/98/ME.
>
>Don't be fooled by the cable/dsl routers. The packaging is misleading.
>Although network translation does provide a level of enhanced security since
>the end user doesn't know the internal IP, a good hacker can still get
>through the router and get to your machine.
>
>However, if you find a cable/dsl router that has a built-in firewall (the
>most expensive ones have a real firewall) you should be OK. If you're on a
>modem, you have little to worry about to begin with. Blackice or McAffee
>whould be sufficient in that case.
>
>---mark
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tangorre, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 10:27 AM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: Home Office Firewall
> >
> >
> > Any ideas on home firewall software? I run a cold fusion server and ftp
> > server from home so I can backup work, and work remotely and when I am at
> > school and what not. What would be some good firewall protection to
> > implemement on the server?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
>
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