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Bucky Breeder wrote:
> Mikey <Mikey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:4891D7B5.D8D3AB5F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
> > Recently purchased a Zoom 5660 modem / router. It has a
> > Network Address Translation firewall and Stateful Packet
> > Inspection. The Windows XP computer it's installed on also
> > has Zonealarm (free version) installed. Is Zonealarm still
> > neccesary with this modem or can it be uninstalled?
>
> The modem/router's NAT firewall will block rouge packets
> from "coming in" to your machine from the WAN... most
> good ones will stop anyone on the WAN from seeing you in
> fact, if you have those settings... You'd be "cloaked".
>
> You need to deal with Ident port 113... but that's
> a whole 'nother discussion...
>
> A [good] software firewall is useful for keeping a check
> on unauthorized packets from "going out" from your machine...
>
> ZoneAlarm Free was not the best choice for me in my LAN.
>
> ZA Pro later versions were too clunky and too many st00pid
> extras to be effacacious for me...
>
> I'm still liking ZA Pro v5.5.094.000. If you look around
> you should be able to find a key to borrow and/or download
> the try-it from the ZA website :
>
> http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/1026_trial/zapSetup_55_094_000.exe
>
> Try it, or not... If you like it you could buy it. Sooner or later
> that vsmon engine is going to be obsolete, but so far so good...
>
> HTH. Have a nice day.
>
> --
>
> I *am* Bucky Breeder, (*(^; , and *I* approved this message!
>
> "In theory, there is no difference between theory and
> practice; but, in practice, there is." -- Yogi Berra (1925- )
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=1aodpb3vFU0&feature=user
Thanks for the reply. The computer isn't on a LAN. The previous modem
installed was just a modem, no firewall, and ZoneAlarm Free worked well, I
never had any problems.
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