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February 08, 2009 07:05 AM

How can I combine two firewalls?

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February 08, 2009 07:18 AM
You can increase your network protection by using two firewalls.
TIP: Two firewalls on one Windows PC is near impossible. In most cases, one of the two programs will not even start. And even if they do, the programs block each other and thus make it impossible to work with the PC. However yoy can use two firewalls if they are installed on two different computers. One computer is your work PC with the usual Desktop Firewall, the other works as a router and protects the interface between your network and internet. Such as solution is usually used for Linux and requires good knowledge of TCP/IP, a good Open Source Firewall is available under www.m0n0.ch/wall (the 0 are zeros) . The expenditure is however worth it only if you want to protect important data


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February 09, 2009 03:52 AM
Buy a router. connect it to the internet then connect your computer(s) to the router. Then turn on the Windows firewall. Inexpensive but effective overkill.

A four port router ( four PCs ) is much cheaper than another PC used as a router.

If you want a free but effective software firewall other than the Windows firewall, look at Zone Alarm.
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