Service pack 2 and existing firewalls

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In all the news about SP2 I haven't seen any discussion about needing it if
Norton Internet Security or other firewalls are already installed and working
well (i.e., test OK in Symantec security check.) Will having both result in
problems like slowdown, interference of some kind? What firewall/antivirus
combos are best? Surprising that this isn't topic one in the news items.

 

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The new firewall in SP2 is much better than previous versions. You can restrict it to specific applications, just like ZoneAlarm and others. A second firewall should be un-necessary.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx

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"Antrobus" <eagle@vision.org> wrote in message news:5TgRc.39234$zc4.13858286@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> In all the news about SP2 I haven't seen any discussion about needing it if
> Norton Internet Security or other firewalls are already installed and working
> well (i.e., test OK in Symantec security check.) Will having both result in
> problems like slowdown, interference of some kind? What firewall/antivirus
> combos are best? Surprising that this isn't topic one in the news items.
>
>

 

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exactly! No other firewall will be needed. Also note that McAfee Virus Scan
Online has integrated well into XP for years and least conflict. No issues
here with SP2 whatsoever. Cheers ALL and SP2 rocks!
"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:Oj5TFdPfEHA.372@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
The new firewall in SP2 is much better than previous versions. You can
restrict it to specific applications, just like ZoneAlarm and others. A
second firewall should be un-necessary.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx

--
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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Antrobus" <eagle@vision.org> wrote in message
news:5TgRc.39234$zc4.13858286@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> In all the news about SP2 I haven't seen any discussion about needing it
> if
> Norton Internet Security or other firewalls are already installed and
> working
> well (i.e., test OK in Symantec security check.) Will having both result
> in
> problems like slowdown, interference of some kind? What
> firewall/antivirus
> combos are best? Surprising that this isn't topic one in the news items.
>
>

 

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Antrobus wrote:
> In all the news about SP2 I haven't seen any discussion about needing
> it if Norton Internet Security or other firewalls are already
> installed and working well (i.e., test OK in Symantec security
> check.) Will having both result in problems like slowdown,
> interference of some kind? What firewall/antivirus combos are best?
> Surprising that this isn't topic one in the news items.
The word is that the XP Firewall is much improved; however, there is no need
to run two firewalls at the same time [system clutter, possible conflicts,
etc]. I have Norton's Internet Security 2003 and intend to stay with it.
--
Gene K

 

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Antrobus wrote:
> In all the news about SP2 I haven't seen any discussion about needing it
> if Norton Internet Security or other firewalls are already installed and
> working well (i.e., test OK in Symantec security check.) Will having
> both result in problems like slowdown, interference of some kind? What
> firewall/antivirus combos are best? Surprising that this isn't topic
> one in the news items.
>

Two firewalls is redundant. You can either choose to continue to use
Norton Internet Security if you feel you are comfortable with that and
how to configure it, or you can use XP's firewall. Newer firewalls are
automatically detected by XP's built in security settings and if found,
the XP firewall will be disabled by default.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

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"Antrobus" <eagle@vision.org> wrote in message
news:5TgRc.39234$zc4.13858286@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> In all the news about SP2 I haven't seen any discussion about needing it
if
> Norton Internet Security or other firewalls are already installed and
working
> well (i.e., test OK in Symantec security check.) Will having both result
in
> problems like slowdown, interference of some kind? What
firewall/antivirus
> combos are best? Surprising that this isn't topic one in the news items.
>
If your running broadband you want to get a router in place and a software
firewall. I recommend ZoneAlarm but that too has some problems. I do not
trust Microsoft for my security. I run a router with a software firewall
just in case.
Just a thought.

 

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I do not have the update yet, but from what I have read the SP2 firewall does
not provide complete ptotection from programs running on your system. Does
anyone know if this is the case? Regardless of how good Microsoft's firewall
is, I still plan to use my other firewall as a backup. If that proves to be
too much hassle, I will move away from SP2 firewall till I know it is
reliable.

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

> The new firewall in SP2 is much better than previous versions. You can restrict it to specific applications, just like ZoneAlarm and others. A second firewall should be un-necessary.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
>
> --
> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> http://www.dougknox.com
> --------------------------------
> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
> --------------------------------
> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>
> "Antrobus" <eagle@vision.org> wrote in message news:5TgRc.39234$zc4.13858286@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> > In all the news about SP2 I haven't seen any discussion about needing it if
> > Norton Internet Security or other firewalls are already installed and working
> > well (i.e., test OK in Symantec security check.) Will having both result in
> > problems like slowdown, interference of some kind? What firewall/antivirus
> > combos are best? Surprising that this isn't topic one in the news items.
> >
> >
>

 

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The SP2 firewall will protect your system from external attacks and internal leaks.

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"jmm" <jmm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8A5C68C0-2654-4F0E-9487-03251A4F7653@microsoft.com...
>I do not have the update yet, but from what I have read the SP2 firewall does
> not provide complete ptotection from programs running on your system. Does
> anyone know if this is the case? Regardless of how good Microsoft's firewall
> is, I still plan to use my other firewall as a backup. If that proves to be
> too much hassle, I will move away from SP2 firewall till I know it is
> reliable.
>
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
>
>> The new firewall in SP2 is much better than previous versions. You can restrict it to specific applications, just like ZoneAlarm and others. A second firewall should be un-necessary.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2chngs.mspx
>>
>> --
>> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display
>> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>> http://www.dougknox.com
>> --------------------------------
>> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>> --------------------------------
>> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>>
>> "Antrobus" <eagle@vision.org> wrote in message news:5TgRc.39234$zc4.13858286@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
>> > In all the news about SP2 I haven't seen any discussion about needing it if
>> > Norton Internet Security or other firewalls are already installed and working
>> > well (i.e., test OK in Symantec security check.) Will having both result in
>> > problems like slowdown, interference of some kind? What firewall/antivirus
>> > combos are best? Surprising that this isn't topic one in the news items.
>> >
>> >
>>