Re: SP2 behind Smoothwall WAS: Connecting to smoothwall
Samuel Gordon-Stewart <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:37:26 +1100
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:31 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), Nick Barron <nikb-CVW/MsmY5bNaa/[email protected]> wrote: > In a small network there's not a huge benefit of having a personal > firewall as well as a decent border firewall such as Smoothwall. However > on larger networks it can be beneficial, as there are likely to be threats > within the network (e.g. a salesman bringing in a worm-infested laptop). > IME, XP SP2 has caused no problems at all with Smoothwall, and most of the > "problems" reported with SP2 are in fact due to it "doing what it says on > the tin", e.g. blocking arbitrary incoming connections. None the less, if you do require a firewall on each individual machine, use something like zone alarm rather than that horrible bit of crud known as the XP firewall. Just because it says it on the "tin", doesn't make any less dreadful. samuel -- I Must be really old in dog years!! Afternoons With Samuel http://tinyurl.com/5fl3e Listen to my lovely music www.thefunkyasylum.com/notnice.mp3 Protect your network www.smoothwall.org _______________________________________________ gpl mailing list [email protected] http://lists.smoothwall.org/mailman/listinfo/gpl SmoothWall Stash - Buy Our Stuff! http://cafepress.com/smoothwall