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[nrgizerbunny]

Hi everyone,

Just bought a new router and it says it comes with a built in firewall. Does this mean I don't need a firewall on my PC as the router has one? or should I run norton firewall anyway?

I'd rather not run norton as it tends to slow my PC down which is rather irritating

any advice gratefully appreciated.

Sanj

[Jamesb4uk]

I'd run both mate.

Built in firewalls are good but 2 levels of security are better

J

[JAHill]

If the hardware firewall is set up correctly and you only have software on your computer/network you trust NOT to "phone home" then you would be okay... But only okay.

Running a software firewall with outbound protection is always a good idea. I once caught MS Calc.exe dialing out!:o

If Norton is running slowly you could always dump it and try another one. I've always hated ZoneAlarm but the latest version runs fine on my laptop and it's free. I wouldn't trust it on it's own but my hardware firewall is solid so I use ZoneAlarm to stop "leaks".

[DaveSR]

As above ....... Norton applications are resource hungry - might be worth trying sygate firewall or zone alarm (Plus windows XP SP2 has it's own firewall *If enabled)

*Both are freeware

[PaulT]

Just bought a new router and it says it comes with a built in firewall. Does this mean I don't need a firewall on my PC as the router has one? or should I run norton firewall anyway?

I'd say the firewall on the router is a must-have, whereas the software firewall on the PC is a nice-to-have if you are running windows.

Paul.

[JAHill]

As above ....... Norton applications are resource hungry - might be worth trying sygate firewall or zone alarm (Plus windows XP SP2 has it's own firewall *If enabled)

*Both are freeware

Guess who's bought Sygate out? ;)

[Jones~32]

As above really, run both firewalls and personally i use Zone Alarm

[DaveSR]

As above ....... Norton applications are resource hungry - might be worth trying sygate firewall or zone alarm (Plus windows XP SP2 has it's own firewall *If enabled)

*Both are freeware

Guess who's bought Sygate out? ;)

Damn :ffs:

[JAHill]

As above ....... Norton applications are resource hungry - might be worth trying sygate firewall or zone alarm (Plus windows XP SP2 has it's own firewall *If enabled)

*Both are freeware

Guess who's bought Sygate out? ;)

Damn :ffs:

Yup... Symantec. "Hey, if we cain't compete. We'll jus' buy yaw åŝš."