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To: Fargonaut who wrote (23690)	12/7/2001 11:03:56 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (2) of 110655

Fargonaut, What model Linksys do you have? I have the DEFSR41. It works fine with Zonealarm. While I don't get scanned sinced getting the router Zonealarm is still useful to control which programs can access the internet and which can act as servers. Routers come with NAT firewalls. NAT stands for Network Address Translators. As far as vulnerability the firewall will prevent anyone scanning for open ports from finding you but an experienced hacker could probably break in. The safest thing to do is only share documents you want to be secure when they need to be shared. Stuff like music and photos can always be left shared. I always leave file sharing enabled but leave very few folders shared. As far as passwords you have to weigh convience vs. security. I keep my PCs set to require a password. In the unlikely event someone breaks through my firewalls they still won't be able to get into my files without keying Ctrl Alt Del and ending my user name and password. NTFS formatting and

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