On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 07:50 PM, Amber R. wrote: > It depends on what level of protection you need. What do you have now ? > As I mentioned in a recent note, I am on cable modem and just bought a > router which seems to provide a decent level of firewall protection > for my > needs. Apparently, it is not often necessary to have both a router and > software - but I am not an expert in that area :-) Well if you're one of those who those who is happiest with both a belt and suspenders? Then use both. My analogy for a software vs hardware firewall is: "A software firewall is like having an armed sentry on duty. A hardware firewall is like having that sentry in an M1A1 Abrams tank." <G>
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