Re: Setting up secure windows xp network

["Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>]

> From: Danny <drh26 () drexel edu>
> Windows XP comes with a half decent built in firewall. Go into your  
> network card properties, click on the advanced tab and check the box  
> marked "protect my computer and network my limiting or preventing  access 
> to this computer from the internet" By default this blocks *all*  
> connections to the IP that the network card has assigned to it, so you  may 
> want to play around with the settings of the firewall, if you don't  want 
> anyone to even know your gateway machine is alive on the internet  just 
> leave it as the default since it doesn't even reply to a ping.

Uh yeah, except for the fact that it's completely useless vs. IPv6 packets.

Chris Berry
compjma () hotmail com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

"All I want is a few minutes alone with the source code for the universe and 
a quick recompile."

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