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04-26-2008
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| | Hardware Firewall and Vista Will be installing Vista Ultimate and a low end WatchGuard Firewall. Is there anything in Vista that would facilitate the configuration of the firewall and maximize compatibility and security with the OS? Guidance sought. |
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04-27-2008
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| | Re: Hardware Firewall and Vista Maurice wrote: Quote: > Will be installing Vista Ultimate and a low end WatchGuard Firewall. Is > there anything in Vista that would facilitate the configuration of the > firewall and maximize compatibility and security with the OS? Guidance > sought. utility. Check in its Help files and/or manual. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |
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04-28-2008
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| | Re: Hardware Firewall and Vista I also have a Linksys wireless router with VPN. The VPN feature only allows pass-through connectivity and is essentially a 'port forwarding' mechanism. Looking for guidance on how connecting to ports allows one to negotiate the router and remotely access my desktop "Malke" wrote: Quote: > Maurice wrote: > Quote: > > Will be installing Vista Ultimate and a low end WatchGuard Firewall. Is > > there anything in Vista that would facilitate the configuration of the > > firewall and maximize compatibility and security with the OS? Guidance > > sought. > No. Your third-party firewall should come with its own configuration > utility. Check in its Help files and/or manual. > > Malke > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > Don't Panic! > |
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04-28-2008
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| | Re: Hardware Firewall and Vista Maurice wrote: Quote: > I also have a Linksys wireless router with VPN. The VPN feature only > allows pass-through connectivity and is essentially a 'port forwarding' > mechanism. Looking for guidance on how connecting to ports allows one to > negotiate the router and remotely access my desktop website. There are also useful Linksys forums. Here's one of them: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/linksys Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |
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