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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <a1.jim@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Would someone be kind enough to explain briefly why a hardware firewall is
> considered better than a software firewall such as ZoneAlarm?
Don't think that is realy the truth.....
Hardware firewalls are easier in some way's. You only need to set
up 1 device wich can control all the computers you have on your
network. But since still most users will use standard configurations
they will in most cases leave trafic comming from inside to the outside
go through because they think it's friendly trafic.
Software firewalls need to be installed on every computer and need
to be set up seperatly. Advantage is that if you have a computer that
will never use anything other than http you can block all other trafic
from and to that computer.
Personaly i think, in most of our cases, that software firewalls are better
to use. Easier to understand and because they work with rules that
are easy to understand they are easy to setup and that will protect
you better than a hardware firewall wich you might set up wrong.
greetings
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