Hi Ray, Are you saying routers don't monitor outbound stuff? They certainly do. SPI is a great help here. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray's Home Sent: 17 November 2007 16:27 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: can i turn off my firewall All very well Steve, but how about outbound stuff? From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- Steve Nutt Hi Jackie, I don't think there is anything superior about my knowledge, but it is a contentious issue all over the web. From what I have read in the past, I don't think you need any longer worry about software firewals if you are behind a good, and I stress, good NAT router. All the best Steve -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns Sent: 17 November 2007 13:26 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: can i turn off my firewall I bough to your superior knowledge Steve, but I've always been told to use whatever is going as well as the router for added protection. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:53 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: can i turn off my firewall > Hi Jackie, > > Personally, I disagree. Routers, particularly Linksys, have excellent > firewalls, so there is no point in hogging resources with Windows > Firewall, unless you are not behind your router. Software firewalls > just hog resources, and if you are behind a hardware router, you don't > need it. > > All the best > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of > Jackie Cairns > Sent: 17 November 2007 12:00 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: can i turn off my firewall > > Barry, I wouldn't recommend it, even though the router has one. Always > better with more than not enough I'm sorry to say. > > Jackie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "barrie moxon" <s.moxon@xxxxxxx> > To: "access UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 11:48 AM > Subject: [access-uk] can i turn off my firewall > > >> hi folks. >> `¬got a new router, can I now turn off my software firewall. >> all the best. >> Barrie. >> >> Barrie Moxon ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq