cbagger01
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Posted: Dec. 06 2004,18:00 |
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Easy solution.
Spend $10.00 (w/rebate) and buy a hardware firewall / router on sale during most weeks.
Install hardware firewall / router in between the broadband modem and the PC.
The only drawback is that the hardware firewall is not "application aware" so it can't detect outbound traffic from trojans or spyware but it is much less annoying and doesn't slow down the PC like the Zonealarm crowd.
Also, if you are an advanced user and wish to set up complicated firewall rules you will need to use a software firewall or a more advanced hardware product like a Linksys WRT54G (which runs emedded Linux ARM as it's OS) that lets you ssh in and set up rules from the command line.
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