Re: XP SP2 Firewall S/W?

Duane Arnold wrote:
> "Ken" <kenandeva@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1121077114.234888.284770@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi. I will be setting up a home network soon. It's driven by Verizon
>> DSL and will have two nodes: my PC and my wife's Mac. My modem/router
>> supports NAT (Westell Versalink 327W).
>>
>> My OS is Windows XP Home. I currently have SP1. I've been hesitant to
>> upgrade to SP2, because I've heard that some software has trouble
>> working on that. Should I stop worrying and upgrade? I'm asking on
>> this newsgroup, because I've heard that SP2 has some built-in firewall
>> software that perhaps I could find useful.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>
> You should keep up to date with all SP(s) and security patches. I have
> applied the SP2 to two machines and they went like a champ several months
> ago. By now, I would think all glitches concerning applications running with
> SP2 have been corrected.
>
> And as far new features on the XP, the only thing it does now is get to the
> TCP/IP connection first at boot and protect it. 3rd party solutions cannot
> do it. But what do you care, since you're behind a NAT router?
>
> http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_traffic_with_ipsec.htm
> http://www.analogx.com/contents/articles/ipsec.htm
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=813878
>
> The above is on the O/S too if you're looking for more robust features that
> can supplement a PFW, NAT router or FW appliance to stop inbound or outbound
> traffic.
>
> Duane :)

Doesn't the SP2 firewall allow file / printer sharing and the SP1 firewall did
not?
Received on Thu Sep 29 19:58:24 2005