| Re: Zone Alarm or not?
Wayne,
I would recommend using both a software and hardware firewall. Personally, I use Zone Alarm Plus, which is a stripped-down version of ZA Pro (basically, just the firewall, and none of the other resource-hogging stuff that my browser does anyway). The main advantage of using it over the Windows FW is that it will allow you to assign permissions to individual applications, and even specify if it can act as a server or not. Also, Windows only protects against incoming stuff, but ZA will alert you to programs trying to call out. I have my Windows XP Security Center completely disabled, as I use third party stuff to satisfy my rampant paranoia…
On the hardware front, it looks as if you are covered. I would recommend that you use the strongest encryption available (128 bit WEP, or Shared Key WPA - presumably you already are since you have a password), and disable transmission of your SSID. If you really want to tighten the screws, configure the MAC Address filter to only allow computers you specify to connect to your network. Good luck!
Peace... Vader
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Last edited by Vader; 03-31-08 at 01:59 PM.
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