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From: FromTheRafters on 8 Apr 2010 09:13 "gufus" <stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message news:QI7vn.76404$9b5.34039(a)newsfe01.iad... > Hello, David! > > You wrote on Wed, 7 Apr 2010 18:22:22 -0400: > > FL>> If not... any suggestions for a /good/ firewall would be great. > DHL> > DHL> A good FireWall is a combination of the Windows XP/Vista/Win7 > Firewall > DHL> in conjuntion with a NAT Router or a FireWall Appliance. > > Some say, Win's XP/Vista/Win7 firewall /ISN'T/ all that good. I do > find that hard to be true. Some expect too much from a firewall application.
From: gufus on 8 Apr 2010 15:37 Hello, FromTheRafters! You wrote on Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:13:28 -0400: >> Some say, Win's XP/Vista/Win7 firewall /ISN'T/ all that good. I do >> find that hard to be true. | | Some expect too much from a firewall application. | I just want a firewall I can /trust/. -- With best regards, gufus. E-mail: stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca
From: gufus on 8 Apr 2010 16:17 Hello, FromTheRafters! You wrote on Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:09:40 -0400: >> And DHL was one of them not so long ago (about xp anyway). Must 've >> changed his mind. | | Maybe around xpsp3? I use xpsp3, is there a prob with xpsp3's firewall? -- With best regards, gufus. E-mail: stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca
From: FromTheRafters on 8 Apr 2010 16:48 "gufus" <stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message news:_Qqvn.28113$vC3.12502(a)newsfe04.iad... > Hello, FromTheRafters! > > You wrote on Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:09:40 -0400: > > >> And DHL was one of them not so long ago (about xp anyway). Must 've > >> changed his mind. > | > | Maybe around xpsp3? > > > I use xpsp3, is there a prob with xpsp3's firewall? Not that I'm aware of. I'm suggesting the threshold of acceptance for DHL might have been at xpsp3. Several security features were added with that service pack.
From: FromTheRafters on 8 Apr 2010 16:49
"gufus" <stop.nospam.gbbsg(a)shaw.ca> wrote in message news:3gqvn.28102$vC3.11809(a)newsfe04.iad... > Hello, FromTheRafters! > > You wrote on Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:13:28 -0400: > > > >> Some say, Win's XP/Vista/Win7 firewall /ISN'T/ all that good. I do > >> find that hard to be true. > | > | Some expect too much from a firewall application. > | > > I just want a firewall I can /trust/. Trust to do what exactly? |