On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 00:02, George Toft wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 11:42, cliff rogers wrote: > > > Craig, I have had the ZoneAlarm since I got my cable setup so that I would > > > have some protection and I have been concerned about removing it since I > > > have been having this problem. I understand that I need to run anti-virus > > > software but I'm not sure yet which one I should use- There is a question > > > for the list if anyone wants to send me some advice on this I would > > > appreciate it. And as far as I can tell, according to Symantec my box is now > > > clean. Thanks for the info on the maillog file. I will go and check this out > > > and see what I can find. Thanks for all the responses to everyone who did. > > > Cliff > > > > > ---- > > If you have a windows computer connected directly to the cable modem, > > you need ZoneAlarm or something similar - If you have the linux box > > 'masquerading' / nat'ing the lan, you don't unless you don't trust your > > family or co-workers. > > > > As for anti-virus, one was mentioned already but why put windows > > anti-virus up to a vote on a linux message list - Why not just figure > > any current anti-virus software will be better than what you have now - > > none > > > > My philosophy is to protect the boxes on my LAN as if the firewall did > not exist for if it were to be compromised, it surely would not exist > anymore. Yes, I have two firewalls. Keeping ZoneAlarm is not bad > thing, but I would be very suspicious if it ever went off behind the > properly configured Linux firewall. > ----- I suppose but when we are talking newbie...that firewall is gonna cause a lot more problems than it will ever solve. Consider the typical computer user with Zone Alarm or Norton Personal Firewall... a packet from 192.168.1.3 is attempting to access port 139 a packet from 65.1.1.86 is attempting to access port 139 Do you think that a newbie will know the difference? need I go on? Craig