From: mark m.r...@5-cent.us
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Mhr wrote on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:50:27 -0800:
would it be a bad idea (or a complete waste)
to use a firewall, like ZoneAlarm, on my Windows guest OS?
Yes, using ZA is a bad idea. XP has its own firewall which is enabled by
default
John Doe wrote:
From: mark m.r...@5-cent.us
Kai Schaetzl wrote:
Mhr wrote on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:50:27 -0800:
would it be a bad idea (or a complete waste)
to use a firewall, like ZoneAlarm, on my Windows guest OS?
Yes, using ZA is a bad idea. XP has its own
Mhr wrote on Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:09:17 -0800:
Now you've sparked my curiosity - how is the XP firewall any better than ZA?
ZA is not just a firewall. Googling will tell you about the problems with it.
Also, in regard to other answers I've seen on the list, since I'm
using NAT, isn't
mark wrote:
Huh? I've *NEVER* heard great things about WinDoze firewall, and the std.
from
the fairly heavy duty folks I know who support WinDoze is that the std for
non-commercial is ZoneAlarm.
I'm not sure what WinDoze is, sounds like a new sleeping aid.
Pretty much everyone I know
Huh? I've *NEVER* heard great things about WinDoze firewall...
That's only because the interface for it is far too complicated for most people
to comprehend. Netsh and/or the registry.
Simply because what the gui reveals is little of the feature scope, most think
it
doesn't do much. It's almost
Mhr wrote on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:50:27 -0800:
would it be a bad idea (or a complete waste)
to use a firewall, like ZoneAlarm, on my Windows guest OS?
Yes, using ZA is a bad idea. XP has its own firewall which is enabled by
default if you are patched up-to-date. Keep that on.
Kai
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Kai
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 4:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl mailli...@conactive.com wrote:
Mhr wrote on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:50:27 -0800:
Yes, using ZA is a bad idea. XP has its own firewall which is enabled by
default if you are patched up-to-date. Keep that on.
Now you've sparked my curiosity - how is
I realize I'm not getting a lot of questions answered here lately, and
I'm going to presume that this is for legitimate reasons (i.e., people
don't know or are too busy to think about it), not because they seem
stupid (if they do, please tell me, on the list or privately).
I run Windows as a
On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 13:50 -0800, MHR wrote:
I realize I'm not getting a lot of questions answered here lately, and
I'm going to presume that this is for legitimate reasons (i.e., people
don't know or are too busy to think about it), not because they seem
stupid (if they do, please tell me,
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:50 PM, MHR mhullr...@gmail.com wrote:
I realize I'm not getting a lot of questions answered here lately, and
I'm going to presume that this is for legitimate reasons (i.e., people
don't know or are too busy to think about it), not because they seem
stupid (if they do,
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Brian Mathis brian.mat...@gmail.com wrote:
This depends on how you have the guest network setup. If it's in
bridged mode, then the firewall on the host does nothing to protect
the guest. If you're running NAT mode, then that's sort of like a
(consumer)
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:50 PM, MHR mhullr...@gmail.com wrote:
I realize I'm not getting a lot of questions answered here lately, and
I'm going to presume that this is for legitimate reasons (i.e., people
don't know or are too busy to think about it), not because they seem
stupid (if they do,
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