[ale] Open Source Firewall for Windows 2000/XP?

[Jonathan Glass]

Please check my Tips-N-Tricks web site for information on Windows
firewalls.

http://www.ibb.gatech.edu/~jglass/tips-n-tricks/windowsipsec/

Thanks!

Jonathan glass

On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 09:13, Byron A Jeff wrote:
> Tap, Tap. Is this thing on?
> 
> The company Windows 2000 laptop got infected with Sasser yesterday. I only
> use it for presenting PP slides, and often it isn't up long enough for
> Windows update to load to reboot. I guess I'll have to have a policy where I
> boot the machine specifically for the update.
> 
> So it got me to thinking about more proactive anti-infection measures of the
> worm variety. I don't read E-mail or browse with the machine, so network worm
> infection is the primary vehicle of infection. I don't offer any services,
> so I really don't need any open ports. So a simple firewall that blocks
> all incoming ports would thwart most damaging code.
> 
> On of my newer missions to look for Open Source alternatives to existing
> Windows software. Software like OpenOffice.org, Mozilla/Firebird/Thunderbird,
> Apache, Python, PHP, and the like can help ease the transistion/dependence on
> Windows.
> 
> But one needs a personal firewall when plugging into unprotected networks. And
> in keeping with the OS theme, it should be OS.
> 
> So any ideas? I saw a student project of a packet filtering firewall here:
> 
> http://www.codeproject.com/internet/smfirewall.asp
> 
> But I was wondering if anyone knew of something better.
> 
> BAJ
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