Hardware Firewall vs Zone Alarm

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I've been using Zone Alarm since moving to cable internet several years
ago. I just installed a new wireless router, a Linksys Wireless-G
wrt54g. According to the box it comes with the "powerful" SPI firewall.
Any opinions about whether or not this is an improvement over Zone
Alarm?

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JS wrote:
> I've been using Zone Alarm since moving to cable internet several years
> ago. I just installed a new wireless router, a Linksys Wireless-G
> wrt54g. According to the box it comes with the "powerful" SPI firewall.
> Any opinions about whether or not this is an improvement over Zone
> Alarm?
Your hardware firewall can prevent access to your network, but will
assume that everything coming from the network is legit. That is where
your software firewall comes in. When used in conjunction with your
hardware firewall, zonealarm, sygate, norton and the others will keep
you informed of what is trying to connect to the internet. I recommend
that you Keep using them both.

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"JS" <jrs47@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> I've been using Zone Alarm since moving to cable internet several years
> ago. I just installed a new wireless router, a Linksys Wireless-G
> wrt54g. According to the box it comes with the "powerful" SPI firewall.
> Any opinions about whether or not this is an improvement over Zone
> Alarm?

The basic theory is, "defense in depth," or in other words, layered
security. Thus, having a hardware firewall PLUS host-based firewalls (ie,
ZoneAlarm, Norton, BlackICE, etc) is the right way to protect your machines.

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"Peter Pan" <Marcs1102NOSPAM@HotmailNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> Jonathan wrote:
> > "JS" <jrs47@optonline.net> wrote in message
> > news:8YGCd.35752$Sd5.22856@fe08.lga...
> >> I've been using Zone Alarm since moving to cable internet several
> >> years ago. I just installed a new wireless router, a Linksys
> >> Wireless-G wrt54g. According to the box it comes with the
> >> "powerful" SPI firewall. Any opinions about whether or not
> >> this is an improvement over Zone Alarm?
> >
> > The basic theory is, "defense in depth," or in other words, layered
> > security. Thus, having a hardware firewall PLUS host-based firewalls
> > (ie, ZoneAlarm, Norton, BlackICE, etc) is the right way to protect
> > your machines.
>
> The thing to be wary of is something I ran across. A hardware (router
based)
> and software (computer based) firewall are fine, but two softwares are
bad/a
> no no. If you have (or upgrade to ) xp sp2, it has a built in firewall
that
> has to be disabled.

Good point. I completely agree. Only one host-based firewall should be
active.