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Posted by Sebastian G. on February 28, 2008, 11:42 am
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rpgs rock dvds wrote:
> When I say "good enough from CD", what I mean is - is XP's firewall
> safe enough to use which comes straight off the SP2 CD disc?
Technically no, but this applies to any other host-based packet filter
running on a machine with a vulnerable TCP/IP stack.
> I mean,
> when you install XP then connect to the internet, you can then
> download 90 (I'm not joking) hotfixes from microsoft.com to plug all
> XP's vulnerabilities and other problems.
You are joking. There's no need to download them if you already have them
available on a storage media.
This may include the built-
> in firewall, although that's purely a guess.
>
> I would feel safer if I could install a fully up-to-date firewall
> *before* connecting to the net for the very first time, but ZoneAlarm
> won't allow you to download their product in full anymore,
ZoneAlarm isn't serious anyway.
> you have to connect to the net to download it first, which is kind of a
"chicken
> and egg" scenario.
Why? Because of your strange feeling?
> I've tried a few other firewalls with bad results (Sygate and Comodo),
Well, what did you expect?
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