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Black240SX · 09-17-06, 03:29

Buy a hardware firewall. You can get a D-Link 604 for not that much, it is a router with built-in firewall. You can just plug it in and it will work.

A software firewall on your computer is a bad idea. Think: why do you need a firewall in the first place? Because Windows is full of security holes... so it's not a good choice for being a firewall.

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Black240SX Registered User Black240SX is offline Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Victoria, Canada Posts: 577	Buy a hardware firewall. You can get a D-Link 604 for not that much, it is a router with built-in firewall. You can just plug it in and it will work. A software firewall on your computer is a bad idea. Think: why do you need a firewall in the first place? Because Windows is full of security holes... so it's not a good choice for being a firewall. __________________ A well-prepared surface will make any wax look good.