Inasmuch as that is what I hoped for as an opinion, I would like to solicit opinions of your opinion, then...
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Sloane [mailto:mikeslo...@verizon.net] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 5:10 PM Subject: Re: firewall ...hard or what? I have been running half a dozen wired and wireless machines behind a Linksys router for several years, with NO software firewalls running. I have yet to have any problems. When I ran a test with one of those websites that tries to find a way to break in, they reported that I was fully protected. I had been running ZoneAlarm, but it was hogging too much memory on my old IBM ThinkPad 600x, so I was happy to turn it off. I have little doubt that others will have different opinions. :-) Mike RLeeSimon wrote: > I have a new Linksys Router with, of course, their built in firewall. > BEHIND it is my desktop computer. Also, I use my laptop to it > wirelessly. WPA encryption is enabled. Do I need a software firewall > at all ? I have PCToolsPro on my desktop computer which causes some > misery. I have ZoneAlarm on my laptop which causes some more misery. > My internet connection sharing worked ok but my network would not do > fileshare or much else with all that going. With it shut off, bingo, > everything works! Am I ok this way or what? If not, why? TIA!! > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
