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| Firewalls |
| Author: | Jim Roberts |
| Date: | Thursday, 28th Nov 2002 14:12 |
| Views: | 3,082 (excluding Digests and RSS feeds) |
| Category: | Computers and Software | | URL: | http://www.freepint.com/go/b21289 |
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I'm just about to go over to home working for part of the week and have installed a broad band connection. Previously, I've been on a LAN, defended by the system filters and a whole computing department.
I'm looking for some advice on firewalls; what would people recommend, how necessary are they; do they give real protection; what problems have people encountered, etc.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Jim Roberts |
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 | Firewalls | | I'm just about to go over to home working for part of the week and have installed a broad band ... |
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Jim Roberts |
28/11/02 14:12 |
21289 |
 | Re: Firewalls | | Thank you to everyone, particularly to William for directing me to the very useful previous correspondence, and to Edward for ... |
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Jim Roberts |
30/11/02 09:02 |
21328 |
| | Re: Firewalls | | If you're ultra paranoid you could buy a router. DrayTek offer a good one - http://www.draytek.co.uk/. They have an inbuilt ... |
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SquirrelMan |
02/12/02 12:45 |
21343 |
| | Re: Firewalls | | A simple, free program ZONE ALARM, allows me to control ALL accesses to and from my computer. (ZoneAlarm.Com.)
Often I'll pick ... |
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Edw. Stollery |
30/11/02 04:19 |
21327 |
| | Re: Firewalls | |
Jim,
These are links to self administered tests for checking your firewall and anti-virus software is functioning as you expect it ... |
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Malcolm K. MacCallum |
28/11/02 22:50 |
21297 |
| | Re: Firewalls | | Yes - USE A FIREWALL. Consider the possibility of installing a hardware firewall as well. Software ones are ... |
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Lance Housley |
29/11/02 16:21 |
21312 |
| | Re: Firewalls | | Just to endorse Martin's comments - DO use a firewall, DON'T get paranoid about alert messages like
The firewall ... |
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Stuart Cliffe |
28/11/02 22:15 |
21296 |
| | Re: Firewalls | | Jim,
I would strongly recommend using a firewall and not just for broadband users. Dial-up users are also ... |
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Martin De Saulles |
28/11/02 15:44 |
21293 |
| | Re: Firewalls | | Hi Jim
Personal firewalls are very necessary when you have a permanent connection to the Web. Please see the previous lengthy ... |
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William Hann |
28/11/02 15:38 |
21292 |
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