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And for those who don't know...

NAT == Network Address Translation

It is a method of rerouting traffic from one IP address (WAN - Wide Area Network) given from your ISP to you local machines connected to the router using internal dummy IP addresses. These internal IPs are only visible to people on your network and invisible to the net.

Depending on your preference and functions - the "lightest" firewall could very well just be Microsoft's own... then again MS and security is a major contradiction in terms.

I'm in a tight spot. I'm trying to keep my old Athlon 700 MHz, 256 MB (max mem, damaged memory banks prevent more... :angry: ) AND I'm running Win XP Home and Pro on the same computer... (too old to trust MS, and a neat way to separate pleasure and biz). I will add a new machine soon, and turn this machine into a linux box but I need to keep this one alive until then. In a way it is a lost cause! Anything remotely heavy is killing this machine! I have tried a lot of different antivirus programs and firewalls, I rarely have the same installed and due to two OS's I'm pretty happy testing out stuff. McAffee and Symantec is a waste of resources - and it slows down everything substantially. Oupost takes around 11-13 MB by me and is also a resource hog - MS is something I don't trust, and now I'm of testing out Kerio PF.... Any other suggestions?

Yeah, if it is by Microsoft, it has to be good. After all, the example they set in security should be followed by every company.

:rolleyes:

you are an anti-microsoft idiot. have you tried the sp2 beta builds? do you know how much they have improved it? it does the job very nicely. you ignorance astounds me. also try having a real base to argue instead of pay me $20 and i would tell you all, if i knew anything.

you are an anti-microsoft idiot. have you tried the sp2 beta builds? do you know how much they have improved it? it does the job very nicely. you ignorance astounds me. also try having a real base to argue instead of pay me $20 and i would tell you all, if i knew anything.

You don't have to love MS to use their products... The sp2 beta builds might be good, but then there is the "beta" word in it, and then it is MS... Microsoft is the first place most attacks are aimed at, and if there is a way in with their firewall it is going to be exploited. If you run other firewall software who might even be a lot worse than MS, you just might get lucky...

It is like Apple computers. Their security level isn't very good, but apparently the interest to hack it isn't all that great.

you are an anti-microsoft idiot. have you tried the sp2 beta builds? do you know how much they have improved it? it does the job very nicely. you ignorance astounds me. also try having a real base to argue instead of pay me $20 and i would tell you all, if i knew anything.

Way too Harsh! Geesh! Can't you be nice or something?

Good idea. But I can do that with any firewall software :D

Do you know about a good open source (freeware) firewall? (for Windows XP) I know there are very good free software available, some times better than commercial ones :yes:

I think i saw a couple on sourceforge but i don't remember the names nor did i look into them. And it's true you can do what smoothwall does with other software but it's nice to have it isolated on a single box that only does NAT that way if something bad were to happen it would be easily fixed. :)

you are an anti-microsoft idiot. have you tried the sp2 beta builds? do you know how much they have improved it? it does the job very nicely. you ignorance astounds me. also try having a real base to argue instead of pay me $20 and i would tell you all, if i knew anything.

I know English as well. If you pay me $20/hour I can teach you how to make complete sentences. Heck, I will even help you master placing capital letters in the right place.

I know English as well. If you pay me $20/hour I can teach you how to make complete sentences. Heck, I will even help you master placing capital letters in the right place.

woah......

even *i* couldn't master the *gulp!* art of placing capital letteRs in the aPproPriatE sPOt.....

I know English as well. If you pay me $20/hour I can teach you how to make complete sentences. Heck, I will even help you master placing capital letters in the right place.

:huh: Aww, complete sentences take too long. Fragments rock. :woot:

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