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MovedGoalPosts · 22-08-2005, 11:05

As far as I am aware the hardware firewalls are robust but primarily protect agains intrusion from outside your network.

A software firewall will often generate warnings that somethign on your PC is trying to send traffic out. An early warning of spyware and the like.

Belt and braces approach is hardware and software. Me, I rely on my router.

22-08-2005, 11:05	#2
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 62 Posts: 15,868	Re: Hardware Firewall on my Router - Do i need a software one? As far as I am aware the hardware firewalls are robust but primarily protect agains intrusion from outside your network. A software firewall will often generate warnings that somethign on your PC is trying to send traffic out. An early warning of spyware and the like. Belt and braces approach is hardware and software. Me, I rely on my router.