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Posted by Janice on August 10, 2004, 9:15 pm
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NG,
I would appreciate some advice about a firewall. I do not currently have
one on my system.
Computer: 5+year old laptop, Win 98 se, @200 megs ram, 6 gig HD with about
(on a good day) 500 megs free space. Dial-up connection.
1. Someone said that Zone Alarm is no good.
2. Someone recommended Sygate Personal Firewall, the downloadable free
version off the internet.
3. I'm not a computer wiz. I know where the 'On' button is.
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Janice :-)
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Posted by NeoSadist on August 10, 2004, 3:27 pm
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Janice wrote:
> NG,
> I would appreciate some advice about a firewall. I do not currently have
> one on my system.
> Computer: 5+year old laptop, Win 98 se, @200 megs ram, 6 gig HD with about
> (on a good day) 500 megs free space. Dial-up connection.
In my opinion, you don't really need much of a firewall with dialup.
However, windows 98 is very old, and very insecure. I recommend upgrading
to Windows XP Pro SP2, or else going over to Linux. Both alternatives are
better than Windows 98.
> 1. Someone said that Zone Alarm is no good.
They're smoking crack. While it might not be the best in their opinion,
it's still very nice.
> 2. Someone recommended Sygate Personal Firewall, the downloadable free
> version off the internet.
Their recommendation is valid.
> 3. I'm not a computer wiz. I know where the 'On' button is.
Then buy a firewall that comes with technical support. PC Magazine is still
recommending Zone Alarm last time I checked.
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Posted by Leythos on August 10, 2004, 9:40 pm
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> NG,
> I would appreciate some advice about a firewall. I do not currently have
> one on my system.
> Computer: 5+year old laptop, Win 98 se, @200 megs ram, 6 gig HD with about
> (on a good day) 500 megs free space. Dial-up connection.
Windows 98 SE, if you disable file/printer sharing can be made secure if
you install a personal firewall.
> 1. Someone said that Zone Alarm is no good.
Zone alarm is one of the best personal firewalls on the market, it's
generally trouble free, and for personal use their limited version is
free.
> 2. Someone recommended Sygate Personal Firewall, the downloadable free
> version off the internet.
What you need is something with a SMALL footprint - I would suggest that
you try the free Zone Alarm first, then Sygate.
> 3. I'm not a computer wiz. I know where the 'On' button is.
If you really want to be secure, and this is not cheap, you could get a
LAN modem device - it's a device that works like a dial-on-demand
router. Your computer would connect to a network jack on the router and
when you try and do something on the internet, the router would auto-
dial your ISP. This router uses NAT so that inbound in blocked unless
you invite it in.
Don't let anyone tell you that Dial-Up is more secure than anything
else, it's a real-time full service connection to the internet, it's
just slower than DSL or Cable. I see more than 100 people a year that
have hacked computers that are still on dial-up.
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Posted by Kerodo on August 10, 2004, 10:47 pm
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> I would appreciate some advice about a firewall. I do not currently
> have one on my system.
> Computer: 5+year old laptop, Win 98 se, @200 megs ram, 6 gig HD with
> about (on a good day) 500 megs free space. Dial-up connection.
>
> 1. Someone said that Zone Alarm is no good.
>
> 2. Someone recommended Sygate Personal Firewall, the downloadable free
> version off the internet.
>
> 3. I'm not a computer wiz. I know where the 'On' button is.
Both ZoneAlarm and Sygate are good. If you're not a computer wiz, I think
I'd recommend ZoneAlarm first. It's pretty much install it and forget it.
Doesn't require much tweaking. I have one older machine here running Win98
and ZoneAlarm 5.xx without any problems.
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Kerodo
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Posted by optikl on August 10, 2004, 11:23 pm
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> NG,
> I would appreciate some advice about a firewall. I do not currently have
> one on my system.
> Computer: 5+year old laptop, Win 98 se, @200 megs ram, 6 gig HD with about
> (on a good day) 500 megs free space. Dial-up connection.
>
> 1. Someone said that Zone Alarm is no good.
>
> 2. Someone recommended Sygate Personal Firewall, the downloadable free
> version off the internet.
>
> 3. I'm not a computer wiz. I know where the 'On' button is.
>
With a dial up connection, running 98SE, I wouldn't bother with a
firewall. I'd concentrate on disabling unneeded Windows services, like
File and Printer Sharing:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;199346&sd=tech
and unbinding Client for M/S Network from TCP/IP:
http://www.garykessler.net/library/protecting_home_systems.html
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