Patrick Ford said,
>> There is little point in having a firewall on the same computer as you
>> are trying to protect.
> Lots of windoze users talk to me about their firewalls. Have they just
> got some MS smoke and mirrors illusion? Maybe something like a port
> watcher that MS sells as a firewall
It's more a case of terminology evolving. Firewalls used to be separate
systems that both connected and protected a network to the outside
world. With personal/home networks becoming more commonplace, it makes
sense to have a firewall and gateway on a working machine. MiamiDx's
firewall certainly protects the host computer as well as the rest of the
network, whether the Windies product does the same is anyone's guess.
However, these are real firewalls in the traditional sense as they only
filter one way, incoming, whereas as a full firewall also prevents
outbound accesses that don't fit the rules.
You don't need a firewall to protect a network from outside attacks. As
Andrew said, don't run any services you don't need. Also protect any
ports that are running services needed by the network.
Neil
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