I see what you mean. Not an intel guru but is there not a way to change the order in which processes come on.
So get the firewall and anti-virus process to load before network services?? I know that there is a way in doing this in Unix but not sure how to go about that with Microsoft. I do know that Gauntlet (ex NAI firewall) on NT would allways fire up the firewall services before anything else and all rules would be set to deny till the FW config got loaded. But what are the chances that someone is going to attack at that presise moment. They must really be after you to go to that trouble. -----Original Message----- From: Gorgon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 12 July 2002 03:06 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: security question Wow. Good question. I imagine that the actual time is much shorter, though. The real time would be the time between when the Network Services start (meaning the listening programs are started) and the firewall is executed. I would bet that, on a faster machine, it is less than 5 seconds. Anyone know? Now I'm curious too. > Dear All > > I have been wondering for quite some time since I got broadband a few weeks > ago whether the followign is a security risk: the time between opening up > the pc and the anti-virus and firewall to boot up takes about 2 minutes in > total... Is there a small security risk within those two minutes as the pc > is virtually open to the internet? I have noticed that as soon as my > firewall is finally finished booting up it does give out "denied access"? Or > is there something there that actually protects the pc until the firewall > and anti-virus load? If not what can one do to protect one's pc? > > windows 98SE - mcafee anti-virus - zonealarm firewall > > thanks in advance > > Thaque ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************
