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| 180173 | 2003-10-03 11:27:00 | I have three computers wirelessly networked and sharing a dial-up 56k modem. What would be the best Firewall to use? The October PCW disk has three - can I get away with a free one? | Waltzzz (3972) | ||
| 180174 | 2003-10-03 20:19:00 | This depends how secure you want your network to be... If you only wish to prevent people from gaining access to your computers and network then a firewall on the gateway will suffice but bear in mind that this will let all programs on all computers access the internet. If you don't have a problem with that then that's the way to go and most firewalls will do the job in this scenario. If you wish to keep an eye on whats accessing the internet on the computers then you also need to put firewalls on the networked computers. At the end of the day what firewall you use depends on which one appeals to you. CyberChuck |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 180175 | 2003-10-03 20:21:00 | A reasonable firewall to begin with is the free version of ZoneAlarm, as it's straightforward and simple to use. | agent (30) | ||
| 180176 | 2003-10-03 23:19:00 | on the pc with the modem it depends a lot on how you are sharing the net connection. not many free firewalls support ICS (try kerio). if you are useing a proxy then zonealarm is proberly the easiest to use. for the other pc's any free firewall will do. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 180177 | 2003-10-03 23:54:00 | Also remember to keep an eye on securing the actual wireless to prevent people from just joining your network. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 180178 | 2003-10-04 02:35:00 | > Also remember to keep an eye on securing the actual > wireless to prevent people from just joining your > network. Yes have that done with WEP |
Waltzzz (3972) | ||
| 180179 | 2003-10-04 02:38:00 | > not many free > firewalls support ICS (try kerio) . No I am using ICS - and will try kerio . > for the other pc's any free firewall will do . OK, does that mean the gateway PC does not block stuff to the other PCs? |
Waltzzz (3972) | ||
| 180180 | 2003-10-04 02:53:00 | you need a firewall on the other pc's to control what apps connect to the net otherwise any app will have free access to the net. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 180181 | 2003-10-04 09:51:00 | If you do use Kerio and ICS make sure you go to Steve Gibson's ( . com/intro . htm" target="_blank">grc . com) site and do the Shields Up Internet security checkup to check if you have any ports open . All of my ports were reported as stealthed with ICS not running using Kerio but with ICS there were several open ports . These were easily fixed by making some rules for them and shifting other rules around . Do remember that to be fully protected Kerio does require quite a bit more hands-on input from users than some other firewalls . There is plenty of information on the internet and on this forum if you need more help . |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 180182 | 2003-10-05 07:42:00 | WEP is not secure enough - http://airsnort.shmoo.com/ sourceforge.net Consider using 802.1x or WPA they actually are _secure_ Don't use Cisco's LEAP it is also insecure |
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