- Dec 7, 2001
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Is this the right forum to ask firewall-related questions in?
I've just installed a new epox 8rda6 nforce2 motherboard which comes with a built in hardware firewall. Just for good measure the installation package also ships with Norton Internet Security. Also I'm running XP SP2 which has its own firewall.
Are not three firewalls two too many? But the NVIDIA blurb pagë suggests that it alone is not sufficient:
"VIDIA Firewall technology may be used as a powerful baseline policy enforcer. For full protection, users should augment the protection of the NVIDIA Firewall with leading antivirus and intrusion detection software, which will help them achieve the best total PC security solution."
But if I have to turn on one of the other ones (and I've always prefrerred Kerio or ZoneAlarm in the past over NIS) how do I stop them interferring without giving me configuration nightmares? And should it be MS's firewall or Kerio/ZA?
Any thoughts?
ian
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I've just installed a new epox 8rda6 nforce2 motherboard which comes with a built in hardware firewall. Just for good measure the installation package also ships with Norton Internet Security. Also I'm running XP SP2 which has its own firewall.
Are not three firewalls two too many? But the NVIDIA blurb pagë suggests that it alone is not sufficient:
"VIDIA Firewall technology may be used as a powerful baseline policy enforcer. For full protection, users should augment the protection of the NVIDIA Firewall with leading antivirus and intrusion detection software, which will help them achieve the best total PC security solution."
But if I have to turn on one of the other ones (and I've always prefrerred Kerio or ZoneAlarm in the past over NIS) how do I stop them interferring without giving me configuration nightmares? And should it be MS's firewall or Kerio/ZA?
Any thoughts?
ian
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