Re: Firewall/Router necessary?

"rich" <rsjones20@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> XP SP1 with ICF turned off.
>
> I ran the GRC scan and no ports open except 1025 - Task Mgr.
>
> http://www.rsjones.net/img/grc_XP.gif
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> Any need for a firewall or router?
>

I myself would not connect to the Internet without a NAT router with a
direct connection of the machine to the Internet.

However, I do connect my laptop without a NAT router while I am on the road
using a personal FW solution as I have no choice but to do it. I supplement
the PFW on the machine with IPsec.

http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_traffic_with_ipsec.htm
http://www.analogx.com/contents/articles/ipsec.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813878

I have also done some things to protect the machine too as it's not in a LAN
situation.

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/winxpsecuritychecklist.htm

Duane :)
Received on Sat Dec 3 04:18:35 2005