Re: [OT] ZoneAlarm alternatives ??

["domdevitto" <dom@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is, simply, such bad advice.

Dom
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@...> wrote:
>
> My suggestion is to basically not bother.
>
> If you really must have a personal firewall installed (and I don't
> think you do need to) then use the windows firewall.
>
> Ultimately, these things hig resources, get in the way and offer a
> miniscule amount of protection.
>
> if you have a firewall at the edge of your network, or a router which
> performs NAT from a trusted 192.168.x.y or 10.x.y.z network out onto
> the Internet, you simply do not need a personal firewall product.
>
> If you have a larger network (ie, more than 25 machines) then there
> is something to be said for internal firewalls to stop things
> spreading, but for a typical home network? screw it.
>
> I have disabled the firewalls on our internal PCs for the last couple
> of years. It's faster, easier to share resources and in that entire
> time we have not seen a single problem.
>
> Personal Firewall products are a complete waste of time - a cheap-as-
> chips NAT based router is more secure and protects the whole network
> without hitting everyone's performance.
>
> Ian.
>