Firewall

[Patriot308]

I recently installed a DSL in my home.My question is what type of firewall should I be running?I already have KERIO running.Earthlink has Zone alarm to download is this a good choice?:confused:

[Confused]

You probably should only run one firewall as you might get conflicts.

Are you using the Kerio firewall?

What os are you running?

WIN XP has a good firewall if you aren't using the Kerio one.
Chas

[TwoRails]

Originally posted by Patriot308
Earthlink has Zone alarm to download is this a good choice?:confused: Yes, Zone Alarm is one of the better firewalls. They have two versions, the free one, and the "Pro" version. They are virtually the same but the free one is for a single machine, and the Pro verions is for more than one on a home network.

I run in on my own systems and my builds for others.

HTH

TwoRails

[Redo40]

If you are already running Kerio, you shouldn't need another one.

[Byte 2.0]

I agree, you don't need to run more then one.

1 firewall
1 antivirus program.

Don't expect one to work as the other. We get people all the time that uninstalled their antivirus because we tell them they have a firewall in the router. Don't make that mistake

[drewK7VT2]

Kerio is an awesome firewall. very secure!
I run PC-Cillin 2003 as my virus scanner as well. Norton 2003 is another good antivirus program.

[Patriot308]

Everyone thanks for the info.I purchased a Linksys CABLE /DSL firewall router.Everything is running good .Got the two computer network running very easy.I thought it was going to be a lot more complicated.Both systems are running WIN XP.The DSL is a lot faster than my old dial up and the telephone will still be able to work while I am online.Plus my wife can do her thing on her computer also.

[drewK7VT2]

yeah, setting up a network w/ windowsXP is cake :) congrats