Firewall: Vista's inbuilt or something else

I will soon have my new box loaded with Bill's Vista Home Premium. No
doubt Avast Home Edition is my preferred AV but regarding firewall I
am not sure whether I should keep Vista's default firewall or go in
for Comodo. I have heard Bill has improved inbuilt firewall in Vista.
What do you think will be the best choice?

never trust windows period always choose something else, even if the
something else promises you to destroy your pc, trust me it's better than
what windows will do to it. i like mcafee but if you want comodo go right
ahead

--
Jonathan Perreault

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#1: Do Not Undermine Windows's Work, Or It'll Undermine You As A User.
#2: Torture Windows (Any) Now Before It Tortures You
#3: Windows Is Bad Enough In English, Why Get It In Another Language

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"n o s p a m p l e a s e" <> wrote in message
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>I will soon have my new box loaded with Bill's Vista Home Premium. No
> doubt Avast Home Edition is my preferred AV but regarding firewall I
> am not sure whether I should keep Vista's default firewall or go in
> for Comodo. I have heard Bill has improved inbuilt firewall in Vista.
> What do you think will be the best choice?
>

The Windows Firewall provides the security offered by any other software
firewall.
Some other firewalls might be easier to configure in very complex setups. If
you
need more security that Windows Firewall offers then get a hardware solution
and use Windows Firewall in conjuntion with the hardware.

"n o s p a m p l e a s e" <> wrote in message
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>I will soon have my new box loaded with Bill's Vista Home Premium. No
> doubt Avast Home Edition is my preferred AV but regarding firewall I
> am not sure whether I should keep Vista's default firewall or go in
> for Comodo. I have heard Bill has improved inbuilt firewall in Vista.
> What do you think will be the best choice?
>

* n o s p a m p l e a s e:
> I will soon have my new box loaded with Bill's Vista Home Premium. No
> doubt Avast Home Edition is my preferred AV but regarding firewall I
> am not sure whether I should keep Vista's default firewall or go in
> for Comodo. I have heard Bill has improved inbuilt firewall in Vista.
> What do you think will be the best choice?

Comodo's firewall is not Vista compatible.

Use a router with SPI and Vista's firewall.


-Michael

"n o s p a m p l e a s e" <> wrote in message
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>I will soon have my new box loaded with Bill's Vista Home Premium. No
> doubt Avast Home Edition is my preferred AV but regarding firewall I
> am not sure whether I should keep Vista's default firewall or go in
> for Comodo. I have heard Bill has improved inbuilt firewall in Vista.
> What do you think will be the best choice?


Vista's [or even XP's less advanced] and a NAT router is fine for me. I do
not understand the paranoia of people that always need to install third
party firewalls. I also only use the inbuilt firewall with Server 2003, as
well as the NAT router.

Yes, my IP address is in my X-Headers. Any hackers and welcome to have a
go!

ss.

"n o s p a m p l e a s e" <> wrote in message
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>I will soon have my new box loaded with Bill's Vista Home Premium. No
> doubt Avast Home Edition is my preferred AV but regarding firewall I
> am not sure whether I should keep Vista's default firewall or go in
> for Comodo. I have heard Bill has improved inbuilt firewall in Vista.
> What do you think will be the best choice?
>

The Vista FW/packet filter complimented with IPsec. I have the AnalogX
rules enabled. Vista's FW along with IPsec is rock solid protection if the
machine is not behind a border device such as a router or FW appliance.

http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_tr...with_ipsec.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813878
http://www.analogx.com/CONTENTS/articles/ipsec.htm
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com...1-6098592.html
http://www.vistahunt.com/windows-vis...-firewall.html

In article <. com>,
says...
> I will soon have my new box loaded with Bill's Vista Home Premium. No
> doubt Avast Home Edition is my preferred AV but regarding firewall I
> am not sure whether I should keep Vista's default firewall or go in
> for Comodo. I have heard Bill has improved inbuilt firewall in Vista.
> What do you think will be the best choice?

If you are a home user or very small business, then you want a NAT
Router as your first line of defense. This will block unsolicited
inbound connections to your PC.

Unless you allow guest computers or devices on your network, the windows
firewall is useless for the most part once you're behind a NAT device.

If you travel, make sure that you disable file/printer sharing and
almost every other network option when you leave your network. Windows
firewall may be enough while you travel as long as you've got all
patches, etc... You can buy small NAT travel routers if you want.

It's always best to stop the inbound at the border instead of the PC -
to many things allow/create exceptions in the firewall and you can screw
yourself if you don't pay close attention to them.

--

Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
(remove 999 for proper email address)

In article <>,
says...
> The Windows Firewall provides the security offered by any other software
> firewall.

BULL CRAP - the windows firewall allows apps to configure it, most of
the other (third party) firewall applications don't. That makes them
MUCH better than the Windows Firewall.

--

Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
(remove 999 for proper email address)

I think your attitude is just about as wrong as your opinion is.... study up
a little
then speak....

"Leythos" <> wrote in message
news:. ..
> In article <>,
> says...
>> The Windows Firewall provides the security offered by any other software
>> firewall.
>
> BULL CRAP - the windows firewall allows apps to configure it, most of
> the other (third party) firewall applications don't. That makes them
> MUCH better than the Windows Firewall.
>
> --
>
> Leythos
> - Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
> - Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
> drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
> (remove 999 for proper email address)

In article <e#>,
says...
> I think your attitude is just about as wrong as your opinion is.... study up
> a little
> then speak....

My job is to design secure installations for customers, private,
military, government, and none of them have been compromised in all
these years of following the ideal I posted.

It's that simple sonny - you can "think" you are right and that the
Windows firewall will protect you, but the fact is that most Windows
computers that are compromised have Windows Firewall enabled because
there is no reporting, no accounting, and users don't have any idea.

A simple NAT Router will protect you better than the Windows firewall.

--

Leythos
- Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
- Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented worker" is like calling a
drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
(remove 999 for proper email address)