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Name: james2 Date: October 22, 2003 at 19:42:08 Pacific OS: . CPU/Ram: .
Comment:
is havin, say, 7 different fire walls better than havin 1? i got hacked last time and had to format and reinstall my os
Name: epp_b Date: October 22, 2003 at 20:40:11 Pacific
Reply:
I'd say 7 is overkill.
You're probably best off with a combination of different types of firewalls: network (hardware) level and sofware level.
You can get a hardware firewall for cheap ($20 - $30). It works by hiding the internal network IP's from external access. Then a good software-level firewall, ZoneAlarm (http://www.zonealarm.com/ -- the free version will do) does a good job of handling application access.
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Response Number 2
Name: paul Date: October 22, 2003 at 20:53:46 Pacific
Reply:
One `good' one is all you really need. ZoneAlarm is a good one.
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Response Number 3
Name: peter Date: October 22, 2003 at 23:53:16 Pacific
Reply:
Try Sygate personal Firewall....it's also free but has better features than the free zone alarm
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Response Number 4
Name: Rambler Date: October 23, 2003 at 06:59:04 Pacific
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