From: Karl R. Grose (krgrose_at_uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 12:48:53 PDT
On Friday 12 September 2003 12:18, Kevin D. Burney wrote:
> I have had success using XP and 2003 by simply enabling the built-in
> personal firewall before connecting to the network. Then you will be safe
> to download your patches.
Which is also exactly what Microsoft recommends in their "Protect you PC"
guidelines:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
For pre-WinXP clients, a simple free firewall like Agnitum Outpost Firewall
1.0, see:
offers similar protection. A group of us (including Kevin B., thank you again)
are working on adding that product or a similar one to a "C_at_B Secure" CD
under development. We are doing that as a first effort in order to be able to
support pre-XP workstations (mainly targeting Win2K) until a better firewall
product becomes an option for mass distribution.
--Karl
Karl Grose
IST-WSS
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