Belkin F5D7630 Firewall or Norton Internet Security?

Just installed a Belkin F5D7630 modem/router which has it's own
firewall built in. Have been using NIS with the old modem. Should I
use the Belkin firewall, NIS, or both?


Titleist

On Mon, 10 May 2004 06:34:22 GMT, Titleist <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Just installed a Belkin F5D7630 modem/router which has it's own
>firewall built in. Have been using NIS with the old modem. Should I
>use the Belkin firewall, NIS, or both?

Personally I would use both. I have a Netgear DG834G, similar to the
Belkin one you describe above, and I also run the firewall ZoneAlarm.

This gives me an extra level of protection for inbound traffic, which
probably is not necessary (the ZA logs so far have not blocked
anything inbound) and it also gives you a good idea of what is trying
to get out from your computer to the internet. Personally I like to
know exactly what my computer is communicating to the internet!

On Mon, 10 May 2004 09:28:42 +0100, Simon Pleasants
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Mon, 10 May 2004 06:34:22 GMT, Titleist <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Just installed a Belkin F5D7630 modem/router which has it's own
>>firewall built in. Have been using NIS with the old modem. Should I
>>use the Belkin firewall, NIS, or both?
>
>Personally I would use both. I have a Netgear DG834G, similar to the
>Belkin one you describe above, and I also run the firewall ZoneAlarm.
>
>This gives me an extra level of protection for inbound traffic, which
>probably is not necessary (the ZA logs so far have not blocked
>anything inbound) and it also gives you a good idea of what is trying
>to get out from your computer to the internet. Personally I like to
>know exactly what my computer is communicating to the internet!

Thanks Simon