Oh sorry to hear that Ralph. All the best to you. I have all sorts of heart problems so I kind of know what it's like to have health issues (right now I can hardly breath and my heart is stopping/PVC'ing, now a daily event).
My hardware firewall is in my DLink DI-704 router. I also have XP's firewall enabled, as well as running Sygate Pro. I used ZAP for while (Zone Alarm Pro) and the regular version. It's ok, but it gives WAY too many false alarms and is a major resource and memory hog. I used Outpost for awhile but had some problems with it and XP I never could iron out. Any of these are good software firewall programs but they are only as good as their settings; which should be max'ed out. Both Outpost and Sygate consume far less memory and resources than ZA/ZAP. I've never had any conflicts I'm aware of with these and the XP firewall and router firewall, except for that Outpost problem which was specifically Outpost (It's been a while, but from what I recall I could not unload it and regardless of what I did it was always loading at startup and in the background even when it was disabled). http://scan.sygate.com/ http://grc.com/default.htm (Click "Shields up" and "Leak test") http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp http://www.pcflank.com/start_advanced.html -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner Want to exchange links with us? http://OrpheusComputing.com ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "rb47" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Keith, Hugh, and Clint, Have various medical issues in my life, including some cancer problems, which do not always allow me to get back to responses on the list like would like - why you did not hear back before now. I was wondering which firewall you might be using indivdidually??? I have the firewalls that comes with SystemSuite 5.0, from V-Com (recently bought and upgraded from OnTract), which is basicly the freebie from SyGate, as well as the Pro version of Internet Security from Norton/Symantec to use, so basicly was looking at installing the one from Norton in addition to the one in my Netgear router - just wanted to make sure that there would be no conflicts. After all the problems that were had with Zone Alarm, even though I had purchased the pro version of there product, dont want to use again, especially after what happened on a friend's system. Ralph "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > In short, yes. I've done many comparison tests and the software firewall > adds a bit more security. > > For the most part you don't need one....the HW firewall is adequate in most > cases but there are one or two tests they can't pass. Outpost or Sygate > added to the HW firewall passed all tests. If you want the BEST protection > you can get, use one of them along with your HW firewall. Zone Alarm is > OK, but it's a massive resource hog compared to these two I mentioned, can > cause some problems on some computers, and isn't quite as good at passing > all the tests as Outpost or Sygate. > -Clint > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rb47" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To one and all, > > Am wondering how important and do you gain anything extra by using a > software firewall, such as Norton or Sysgate, when you already have a > firewall built-in to a router that is being used, such as from NetGear > or similar??? > > Likewise, can using a software firewall cause system problems when you > already have a hardware firewall active??? > > This is something that I have not seen discussed one way or the other. > > Ralph ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
