wondering if this is secure enough under XP

**LTB_Dagger_Qc** · March 27th, 2002, 07:47 PM

Hi i'm runnign XP now and i'm a bit uncertain of my privacy and security. I turned off the MS integrated firewall ( i heard bad stuff about the MS firewall). I'm in a local LAN and i got DSL intrnet access. I installed zonealarm (the free version). My local lan connection is using only IPX/SPx and Netbeui, and my DSL is using TCP/IP only. By setting the MS binding strategy that i found on <a href="http://www.grc.com" target="_blank">www.grc.com</a> my LAN and my DSL are using seperate protocols..

Being a bit paranoid, is this setup ok u guys think ??

**Russ192** · March 28th, 2002, 01:15 PM

Yea I would say thats good. Try trimming off services that you dont need, that is always a good security practise read <a href="http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm" target="_blank">here</a> for that. And run the security advisor from MS, which is <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/mpsa/start.asp" target="_blank">here</a>. Oh and a virus scanner thats up to date

[quote] By setting the MS binding strategy that i found on <a href="http://www.grc.com" target="_blank">www.grc.com</a> <hr></blockquote> Could I ask for the exact link for that artice pls!

**LTB_Dagger_Qc** · March 29th, 2002, 09:39 AM

As asked for here's the MS protocol binding strategy page on GRC's site

<a href="http://grc.com/su-bondage.htm" target="_blank">http://grc.com/su-bondage.htm</a>

The whole document is really nice, this is just chapter 5 of the whole article...