You're right Ray. Too techie for me (smile). That's why I leave it running along with whatever the router does. It saves me getting aggro that the thing has been turned off etc.
Jackie----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 2:00 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: can i turn off my firewall
Jackie, you won't learn much from me - at least on this - (smile). I'm not knowledgeable enough about firewalls and how they work beyond a few generalisations. I do know they're supposed to stop nasties getting out as well as in. The problem is knowing what is a nasty. A firewall will alert you to suspicious activity if it is a good one, but often the message is so meaningless that you don't know whether to allow a piece of traffic or not. I'd say a good firewall willl link you to info you can understand in an on-line database, but I've not come across this yet. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- Jackie Cairns Ray, ours is a Netgear router provided by Sky, our ISP. But I've always left the Windows firewall running because it never occurred to me I'd be safe to turn it off and let the router do its thing alone. That's why I'm here, to learn from you guys!! (smile). Jackie ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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