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Firewall ignorance
Name: McKenzie Date: November 23, 2003 at 08:45:23 Pacific OS: 2000pro CPU/Ram: 128
Comment:
This may sound like a juvenile question, but, what would the perks be of putting a firewall up on my laptop (which runs off the wireless router in my house)? Thanks!
Name: Mark Date: November 24, 2003 at 21:46:56 Pacific
Reply:
Have a look at this site, it also talks about routers http://www.firewallguide.com/software.htm I use ZoneAlarm, free version, and SpywareGuard and the computer is as tight as it can possibly be.
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