[quarian]

Hey people :happy4:

Anyone using a router with built in firewall (hardware). If so, is it still necessary to have a software firewall like Zonealarm?

I have a firewall built in my router so thinking of removing zonealarm coz it interferes with network stuff like the printer.

[FusionTiger]

Features like anti-pop-up and all are in the software firewall.

So by removing it, you may get different webbrowsing experience.


But hackers are ofcourse still blocked by the hardware firewall.

[quarian]

not worried about anti-popup, have other software solutions for it. Just worried about hacker attacks.

[Xils]

Originally Posted by quarian

Hey people :happy4:

Anyone using a router with built in firewall (hardware). If so, is it still necessary to have a software firewall like Zonealarm?

I have a firewall built in my router so thinking of removing zonealarm coz it interferes with network stuff like the printer.

the more protection, the better :happy4:

[Xils]

Originally Posted by quarian

not worried about anti-popup, have other software solutions for it. Just worried about hacker attacks.

but sometimes zonealarm is really a pain the ..... :laugh3:

[FusionTiger]

hmm, don't worry. Hardware firewall is very soild.

actually, it stands out from software firewall.


having a software firewall is almost useless when you already have a hardware one.

[PiNgPiNg]

oh.. den how much does it cost to buy that kinda of modem or router?

[maxdy]

i was wondering, how much are programs like Norton AV or McAfee Viruscan cost?

i thought hardware firewall can be configured to block all sorts of stuffs?

[PiNgPiNg]

Maxdy, u can try out free ones

anyway to find out a bit on firewall, PC world has an article on it
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/prin...,117557,00.asp

and also frm PC world, heres a list of firewalls u can try out
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/col...llid,59,00.asp

and here is a list of antivirus u can try out
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/col...id,1207,00.asp

need ad-blockers as well?
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/col...id,1266,00.asp

or yu already had all those above? well u can try out
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/col...llid,31,00.asp they have a list of Free Compression Utilities

[maxdy]

hey deanmartin. thanks for the firewall article. but i'm worried about the blocking of ports by hardware firewalls. if i were to start a server, then i would have to open port 80 and other related ports right? then will there be a risk?

[PiNgPiNg]

that i havent got a clue at all.. sorry dude, mayb u can try googling first and wait for other pple 2 reply

oh yea maxdy, maybe u can ask etegration, he doing web hosting, he may know bout this kinda stuff

[maxdy]

hey people here who have a hardware firewall. pls go test this out.

1. Have a hardware firewall setup.
2. Ensure that all ports are blocked except for port 80.
3. Setup a server to test.
4. See whether u will have a hacker coming into ur server.

I strongly recommend that you have at least *SOME* sort of Software Based Firewall, AND Antivirus. Hardware firewalls are very nice and handy, but unfortunately they cannot do much if: some website you're browsing is designed to load software on your computer, (which lots of sites do, most of the time, spyware) and, that software gathers important information, credit card info, house address, phone, e-mail, anything you name it, and sends it out to any random place over the internet without you knowing. I doubt that your hardware firewall is going to have the capability, or be configured to stop such a threat. However, properly configuring your Zone Alarm, or Norton Firewall (or many others) can prevent such information from being sent out from your computer. Although, for incoming threats and preventing hackers from the outside from getting INTO your computer, little is more powerful then a standalone hardware firewall.

[papmech]

how bout the resources each program needs? will it slow my system? i'm considering whether to get a firewall and/or antivirus...

[PiNgPiNg]

the free zonealarm uses min. ram and so does AVG anti virus... trust me on this cos this two is working very well my pentium 2, 192 SD ram