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I have had a new XP machine at home for a week, and it has come preloaded
with a Norton firewall as well as a standard XP firewall.
I know nothing about these things, but when I tried to connect to my ISP's
provided personal web pages that I use (pages where I put .htm files etc.) ,
WSFTP could not recognise the ftp addresses to which I was trying to
connect.
Checking the ISP's web site, it seemed to be suggesting that the presence of
a firewall could block access to the ftp address.
I have had a look at the online book for Norton Personal Firewall 2004 (I
think that is the one) and I cannot see how to unblock a particular point.
Also I suspect that the XP firewall is switched on (don't know what it is
called, nor where to find its settings), and I ask the same question about
that.
As an aside, is there any advantage from having them both on, or even
perhaps disadvantage?
I would be grateful for explanations to be kept reasonably simple if
possible because I am not very technical.
I have had a new XP machine at home for a week, and it has come preloaded
with a Norton firewall as well as a standard XP firewall.
I know nothing about these things, but when I tried to connect to my ISP's
provided personal web pages that I use (pages where I put .htm files etc.) ,
WSFTP could not recognise the ftp addresses to which I was trying to
connect.
Checking the ISP's web site, it seemed to be suggesting that the presence of
a firewall could block access to the ftp address.
I have had a look at the online book for Norton Personal Firewall 2004 (I
think that is the one) and I cannot see how to unblock a particular point.
Also I suspect that the XP firewall is switched on (don't know what it is
called, nor where to find its settings), and I ask the same question about
that.
As an aside, is there any advantage from having them both on, or even
perhaps disadvantage?
I would be grateful for explanations to be kept reasonably simple if
possible because I am not very technical.