firewall

we have a small home wireless network. the kids use the desktop pc
that is connected to the router. my laptop has a belkin wireless g
card to provide me internet , and i am running zone labs security
suite on it for a firewall. i want a firewall on my laptop so that no
one on the desktop can "see" my laptop and make any changes or
discover passwords etc. my question is, is za sufficient to block
access to my laptop while still allowing me to use the internet?

thanks,

cheech

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Hi
Yap, almost all Firewalls have a separate control for Internet and local
traffic (aka the Trusted Zone). You can configure your Firewall to allow
Internet and block all Local inter-computer traffic. I do not have Zone
Alarm in front of me. Please consult your Manual.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"cheech" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> we have a small home wireless network. the kids use the desktop pc
> that is connected to the router. my laptop has a belkin wireless g
> card to provide me internet , and i am running zone labs security
> suite on it for a firewall. i want a firewall on my laptop so that no
> one on the desktop can "see" my laptop and make any changes or
> discover passwords etc. my question is, is za sufficient to block
> access to my laptop while still allowing me to use the internet?
>
> thanks,
>
> cheech
>
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hope you removed file and printer sharing service on both then.


"cheech" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> we have a small home wireless network. the kids use the desktop pc
> that is connected to the router. my laptop has a belkin wireless g
> card to provide me internet , and i am running zone labs security
> suite on it for a firewall. i want a firewall on my laptop so that no
> one on the desktop can "see" my laptop and make any changes or
> discover passwords etc. my question is, is za sufficient to block
> access to my laptop while still allowing me to use the internet?
>
> thanks,
>
> cheech
>
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:35:15 -0500, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hi
>Yap, almost all Firewalls have a separate control for Internet and local
>traffic (aka the Trusted Zone). You can configure your Firewall to allow
>Internet and block all Local inter-computer traffic. I do not have Zone
>Alarm in front of me. Please consult your Manual.
>Jack (MVP-Networking).


thanks jack. in za i set the trusted zone to stealth. it indicates
that no file sharing is allowed and i am "invisible" on my laptop.
seems the kids are a lot better at this stuff these days. i just
wanted to be sure bank passwords etc. were safe.

cheech

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