jBarry, what problems are you experiencing with Sygate? I have heard from people who know more about these things than I do that a third party firewall is preferable to the windows one. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 2:34 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Firewall > I've got to say, the Windows one, before I disabled it, kicked in quicker than Sygate and was more user friendly than Sygate. > Barry H > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Justin R > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 9:45 AM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Firewall > > > Yep, I'd be interested to know that two Barry. When I go over to sP2 it > would be interesting on thoughts of others whether using the windows > firewall in sp2 would be better than using a third party firewall. I'd like > to get rid of zone alarm myself as, I don't really like it. I don't like > it's reliance of graphics and an extended layout. the control centre is not > very compact. > > Justin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 8:43 AM > Subject: [access-uk] Firewall > > > > Hi all > > Which is the more advisable to use - Sygate or the one that comes with > sp2? My thinking is that Windows is going to be a target for hackers more > than Sygate. This is double edged as it means that Windows should know > about any potential threats before Sygate but, in the time it takes to write > an update to get around a hack, the targeted Windows firewall will be > venerable. > > > > Barry H > > > > ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** and in the Subject line type > > ** vacation ## d > > ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. > > ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** vacation ## d > ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. > ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** vacation ## d > ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. > ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq