Re: Isn't it kind of contradictary in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r15792025 en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:37:48 EDT Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:37:48 EDT Re: Isn't it kind of contradictary http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15792025 anon :
said by kfsutops :
I bet a lot of people here don't even use a software firewall if they are behind a router..
Well, I may be one of the few, but I have a router or two and I always use a software firewall. I have more then one computer hooked up and if something should get into one, the firewalls on the other computers should stop most things crawling around.

said by Anon :
The sad thing is people with broadband most likely can get free security suite from their ISP.

I've tried the cox security suite. (I have cox internet) I don't know what other ISPs are providing but I really didn't like it. It would continuously ask if it was ok to update anything to do with the security suite. I poked around it to turn off some of the notifications but it is too dumbed down to be of any use.

Right now I use McAfee Security Suite. As a DoD employee I get free use of McAfee Security Suite, to include all future updates. That is until my enlistment is up or they change their policy. It may not be the best but at least it's better then nothing.

I'm not a computer guru like some, but I've read here and there that the best security is to have both a hardware and a software firewall.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15792025 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:17:22 EDT Isn't it kind of contradictary http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15780977 kfsutops : To offer a software firewall with the product you are selling is supposed to provide the same protection via hardware. I mean some would even say better protection (firewall that is) with a router than software firewalls.

I bet a lot of people here don't even use a software firewall if they are behind a router..
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