I'd vote for Sygate and leave WinXP switched off.
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:33:05 -0500, Wayne Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 06:18 AM 3/17/2005, Daniel Wysocki typed: > >What is the opinion and/or experience for using a third party firewall, e.g. > >McAfee, Zone Alarm, Kerio, etc. vs. uisng the XP firewall? > > I believe you're comparing apples & oranges here. XP firewall while it does > block some out going stuff I believe is meant to block incoming stuff > mostly & IMHO if one is behind a router w/ NAT then it's not needed at all. > McAfee & ZA are meant to stop out going stuff because one shot them self in > the foot by launching an attachment they shouldn't have. Kerio is pretty > good firewall that blocks incoming mostly & I'd advise that to anyone that > is still using dialup. > > This is my story & I'm sticking to it. > > ----------+---------- > Wayne D. Johnson > Ashland, OH, USA 44805 > <http://www.wavijo.com> > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME list is hosted on a Windows 2000(TM) machine running L-Soft > international's LISTSERV(R) software. To unsubscribe, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have questions > about the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Dave Jackson Currently in Tamworth UK -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME list is hosted on a Windows 2000(TM) machine running L-Soft international's LISTSERV(R) software. To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have questions about the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
