RE: DSL question
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 11:36:48 -0400
It's not an either or type of decision; they do different jobs for the
most part.
A hardware firewall usually takes no effort to setup, but does the least
to protect your pc. A software firewall catches many more potential
problems than a hardware firewall, but takes a lot of effort to setup
and understand. It's theoretically possible it could be disabled, but
I've never seen a report of it actually happening to anyone.
The free firewall that comes with XP SP2 is kind of strange in that it
is a software firewall that acts like a hardware firewall (that is,
rather poorly, but is little trouble to operate). The *real* software
firewalls really can be a *lot* of trouble to operate and understand;
it's very easy to set them up incorrectly so that they allow spyware to
communicate, or you stop your valid software from performing some
automatic function such as self-updating.
MS should have put more effort into solving this issue, and I guess they
are with their beta version of their anti-spyware tool. This will
eventually catch spyware without making folks deal with the complexities
of a software firewall.
Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of chevelle
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:24 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: DSL question
Hi, I would say if you are going to dsl or cable, it is
definitely a good idea to have a firewall. YOu can still with the Norton
firewall that you have or go with a hardware firewall built into a
router. I would suggest going with a hardware firewall. For one thing
today's spyware, and other bad programs are able and do disable a
software firewall. They can't disable a hardware firewall. People will
probably say you should have both, but it is up to you. I am only using
a hardware firewall. Also since I've gone to a hardware firewall I don't
have as many hastles as I used to.
----- Original Message -----
From: Judith Bron <mailto:jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 3:00 PM
Subject: DSL question
Hi Friends,
We are looking into getting DSL. Here are my questions:
1. How do I notify everyone in muy address book that my
email address has changed?
2. Do I need a firewall or any other software with DSL?
I have Norton corporate edition, windows 98 and Jaws 5.1. Thanks,
Judith
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