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About 7-yrs ago, my son built me a Win98 computer for my
birthday. I have been running Sygate Pro v5.5-2710 on it
with excellent results.
Today I found out that my son and daughter are building
up an XP computer for my birthday, again.
Does anyone know is Sygate Pro v5.5-2710 can be run
on an XP box?? If so, did you encounter any problems
with it??
Thank you,
Casey
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:43:01 -0500, Casey wrote:
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> About 7-yrs ago, my son built me a Win98 computer for my
> birthday. I have been running Sygate Pro v5.5-2710 on it
> with excellent results.
> Today I found out that my son and daughter are building
> up an XP computer for my birthday, again.
>
> Does anyone know is Sygate Pro v5.5-2710 can be run
> on an XP box?? If so, did you encounter any problems[/color]
No, WinXP is based on a different operating platform. I'd discourage you to
utilize any 3rd party software firewall (PFW) application.
For the average homeuser, the Windows Firewall in XP does a fantastic job
at its core mission and is really all you need if you have an 'real-time'
anti-virus program, [another firewall on your router or] other edge
protection like SeconfigXP and practise Safe-Hex.
The windows firewall deals with inbound protection and therefore does not
give you a false sense of security. Best of all, it doesn't implement lots
of nonsense like pretending that outbound traffic needs to be monitored.
Activate and utilize the Win XP built-in Firewall; Uncheck *all* Programs
and Services under the Exception tab.
Windows XP: How to turn on your firewall.
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/firewall/xp.mspx[/url]
Read through:
Understanding Windows Firewall.
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/internet/sp2_wfintro.mspx[/url]
Using Windows Firewall.
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/security/winfirewall.mspx[/url]
At Least This Snake Oil Is Free.
[url]http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/19/at-least-this-snake-oil-is-free.aspx[/url]
Deconstructing Common Security Myths.
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/05/SecurityMyths/default.aspx[/url]
Scroll down to:
"Myth: Host-Based Firewalls Must Filter Outbound Traffic to be Safe."
Exploring the windows Firewall.
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/VistaFirewall/default.aspx[/url]
"Outbound protection is security theater¡Xit¡¦s a gimmick that only gives the
impression of improving your security without doing anything that actually
does improve your security."
Routinely practice Safe-Hex.
[url]http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html[/url]
In conjunction with WinXP SP2 Firewall use:
Seconfig XP 1.0
[url]http://seconfig.sytes.net/[/url]
If on high-speed Internet connection use a router as well.
Implement Countermeasures against DNSChanger:
[url]http://extremesecurity.blogspot.com/2008/06/use-default-password-get-hijacked.html[/url]
Good luck :)
Casey <Casey@notspecified.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> About 7-yrs ago, my son built me a Win98 computer for my
> birthday. I have been running Sygate Pro v5.5-2710 on it
> with excellent results.[/color]
On Windows 98, you don't need a "Personal Firewall" at all.
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> Today I found out that my son and daughter are building
> up an XP computer for my birthday, again.
> Does anyone know is Sygate Pro v5.5-2710 can be run
> on an XP box?? If so, did you encounter any problems
> with it??[/color]
Fortunately, there is no Sygate any more. You don't need it anyways:
just use the build-in Windows-Firewall.
Yours,
VB.
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In article <48f029da@news.uni-ulm.de>, [email]bumens@dingens.org[/email] says...[color=blue]
> Casey <Casey@notspecified.net> wrote:[color=green]
> > About 7-yrs ago, my son built me a Win98 computer for my
> > birthday. I have been running Sygate Pro v5.5-2710 on it
> > with excellent results.[/color]
>
> On Windows 98, you don't need a "Personal Firewall" at all.
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> > Today I found out that my son and daughter are building
> > up an XP computer for my birthday, again.
> > Does anyone know is Sygate Pro v5.5-2710 can be run
> > on an XP box?? If so, did you encounter any problems
> > with it??[/color]
>
> Fortunately, there is no Sygate any more. You don't need it anyways:
> just use the build-in Windows-Firewall.
>
> Yours,
> VB.
>[/color]
Thank you both very much.
Casey
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:06:24 -0500, Casey wrote:
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> In article <48f029da@news.uni-ulm.de>, [email]bumens@dingens.org[/email] says...[color=green]
>> Casey <Casey@notspecified.net> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> About 7-yrs ago, my son built me a Win98 computer for my
>>> birthday. I have been running Sygate Pro v5.5-2710 on it
>>> with excellent results.[/color]
>>
>> On Windows 98, you don't need a "Personal Firewall" at all.
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Today I found out that my son and daughter are building
>>> up an XP computer for my birthday, again.
>>> Does anyone know is Sygate Pro v5.5-2710 can be run
>>> on an XP box?? If so, did you encounter any problems
>>> with it??[/color]
>>
>> Fortunately, there is no Sygate any more. You don't need it anyways:
>> just use the build-in Windows-Firewall.
>>
>> Yours,
>> VB.
>>[/color]
> Thank you both very much.
> Casey[/color]
The advice you received in grc.techtalk is mostly misguided! Consider
carefully what is posted here and do some more research; And pay attention
to RootKit's caution!