Conflict with hardware wireless firewall and Norton Intern..

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On 21 Apr 2004 10:25:20 -0700, usenet@pilotyid.com (Aaron) wrote:

>I have been using Norton Internet Security as my firewall for a while
>now, and have just installed a wireless router (Microsoft MN-500) on
>my PC. Microsoft documentation says that the software firewall
>(Norton) is not needed anymore and might cause conflicts. Since the
>software firewall provides more protection (such as stopping apps on
>my PC from accessing the internet, etc), I would like to keep using
>it. Can anyone give me more info on whether there will be any
>conflicts or issues with using both the hardware firewall and the
>software firewall? Should I just turn off the firewall on my router?
>
>Thanks for your help
>Aaron

Aaron,

I just did the same thing using a Belkin router. I've left NIS
running on all my machines. The trick is that you have to
re-configure NIS to see your new NIC cards. Otherwise, nothing
changes and if a program tries to send personal information out,
you'll see it.

Greg

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

Aaron <usenet@pilotyid.com> wrote:
> I have been using Norton Internet Security as my firewall for a while
> now, and have just installed a wireless router (Microsoft MN-500) on
> my PC. Microsoft documentation says that the software firewall
> (Norton) is not needed anymore and might cause conflicts. Since the

That's not true. A router firewall will protect you from the internet, but
anyone who connects to your wireless LAN is on _your_ side of the firewall.
The router might provide some subset of a firewall, or it might just
provide NAT. NAT will protect you from most attacks from the internet.

> software firewall provides more protection (such as stopping apps on
> my PC from accessing the internet, etc), I would like to keep using

It protects you from other devices on your LAN. It protects your wireless
laptop if you connect in some public place. And as you note, it protects
you from some trojan connecting out from your system if it does get in.

> it. Can anyone give me more info on whether there will be any
> conflicts or issues with using both the hardware firewall and the

I have run both Norton Personal Firewall and ZoneLabs Integrtity as the
software firewall on my laptop. As you probably already know, it keeps you
from doing some sharing that you want to do, from time to time, but I
haven't seen any conflict with the hardware routers that I use. SMC,
Linksys, DLink, no Microsoft.

> software firewall? Should I just turn off the firewall on my router?

No need for that. You still gain protection from NAT.

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