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I run IPsec @ home with the firewall enabled (xp sp2) and mcafee. I hate mcafee because it LOVES to tax my system when I'm doing things like ..oh, a search. Irritates me to no end but right now, it works. Also got a hacked linksys router with some nice add-ins on my "perimeter".
also there's no such thing as a "hardware firewall" -- its all software!
What is meant by a "hardware firewall" is a piece of hardware that has a firewall built into it with its own independant software like many routers do. Also I believe some of the new NVidia chipsets have a firewall built in the motherboard chipset. Since it involves a piece of hardware I and most other people call it a "hardware firewall" to distinguish it from software firewalls that are installed on the computer itself such as Zone Alarm.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fubarian
Um, I ...I know that. Thanks for the lesson though.
People inherently feel that a hardware firewall is more "secure" than a software one, which is not true. You might refer to them that way, but I refer to them as packet filter and application/layer 7 firewalls. The type you're refering to are packet filters. For a home user, thats typically "good enough" ...but not for others.