The person identified as Michael Levin, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
thoughtfully said:

>Last week, we installed a wireless router for our Power Book (OS  
>10.4) and Windows XP. We would like to put in a firewall. Is there  
>software that is recommended or should be avoided?
>
>Is there anything to keep in mind or to watch for when setting up the  
>firewall?

Before you do anything else, check to see if the router doesn't contain a 
firewall that's on by default. We had a Linksys DSL/Cable router that 
came this way, as did our current Netgear Wireless/DSL/Cable router. (The 
Linksys went to live with our son's family.)




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Selah!
BWms

-= "I'm not proud ... Our products just aren't engineered for security." 
Brian Valentine, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Windows Development 
Team at the Microsoft 2002 Net developer conference. =-


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