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Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Need firewall protection, but have to LiveUpdate w/ofirewall. What to do?
From: "Bill" <billzbubb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 14:49:36 -0700
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Scott Johnson wrote:
> Why would you want to install a Software based one?  I work behind a
> Linksys router.  I do not run any type of firewall software on the PC
> itself. Why take up CPU cycles running something that is done a lot
> better someplace else.  Heck for the longest time I did not even have
> virus software on the PC.

The major reason for having a S/W FW is to have control over which programs
or processes are allowed to send data from the PC.

Bill

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