Re: The Dreaded Personal Firewall

brad_pitstain@yahoo.com wrote:
> For personal or small network use, a router or NAT device appears to
> provide good protection against incoming threats.

If this device is filtering in a sensible way, too: yes.

> So, it appears that the true role of a personal firewall would be to
> control outgoing connections.

And this is, what "Personal Firewalls" are failing to do in a secure
way.

> A solution I have considered is to upgrade to XP Pro and make her a
> restricted user. No installation of anything, ever.

This is a good idea anyway.

Yours,
VB.

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