nohelpWA
join:2001-12-06
Federal Way, WA
|  Firewall to Nat Router to Firewall
Our "OA" mobile home park supplies our internet connection and have their own firewall (to prevent Old Age spammers  ). This is then routed thru our own NAT router (Linksys BEFSR4v3) with Windows personal firewalls running.
Are the personal firewalls really needed? We are well educated computer users with all the recommended free anti-virus, spyware blockers, pop-up blockers and etc.
Thanks for any helpful comments! |
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garys_2k
join:2004-05-07
Farmington, MI
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| I guess by "personal firewalls" you mean software firewalls residing on your computers, right? If so, then yes, they can prevent uncontrolled outbound access to the Internet from a rogue application that is running on the computer. They're not perfect, some malware can beat them by riding through vulnerabilities that may exist in applications you allow free access to, but they can help. |
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poppster
Tell the truth and then run.
Premium
join:2003-12-23
Midwest
clubs:  | reply to nohelpWA
Do you want to monitor outgoing traffic? AFAIK hardware routers only monitor incoming traffic.
As far as a software firewall w/HIPS. I would try Online Armor free. |
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no_one
@QWEST.NET
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You have no clue what their firewall does unless you asked and they told you. Could just be mining all your data.
So anything that is not encrypted like say all or should be all bank transactions and the like your mobile home park can read like a postcard.
If it is not encrypted like a bank you just sent a postcard.
Now we trust ISP postcards. Just too much data and overload.
They the mobile home park know you so?
Just saying you are thinking on the wrong thing, sorry.
i am a pessimist. |
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