Michaelwagner Wrote: > I like the firewall in a box approach. Firewall on the first router next > to the modem. > > I'm still confused as to why Win XP has a firewall on the PC. Do you > need to protect yourself from the other people in your house? > > On a laptop, I can see it. But a desktop?
More to prevent outbound access. Inbound access is effectively handled by an external box, but if a rogue program requests access a firewall box would happily allow the traffic since a LAN client requested it. IMHO a software firewall without outbound program access controls is useless. I agree, hardware firewalls are more robust, but it's difficult to configure one for outbound program access and such boxes are neither cheap nor simple. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25108 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
