I would recommend Zone Alarm Pro has been working great for me since 5 yrs.

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Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee quote: Originally posted by b4k-oz ok guys....let me change it then to.... Can anyone name some good and bad fireballs. teeeehehehehe

Fireballs rocks!!! My favourite Sunday Nite Snack!

Thanks RJ and everyone for your firewall input.

Now does ne1 feel that it's a bad move to partition a huge hard drive so that the o/s is in a separate drive and that private data is in another?

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Originally posted by b4k-oz Thanks RJ and everyone for your firewall input. Now does ne1 feel that it's a bad move to partition a huge hard drive so that the o/s is in a separate drive and that private data is in another?

There's nothing inherently wrong about that. A benefit is that if your OS really messes up, you have the ability to simply reformat that partition while keeping all your data intact on the other.

Keep in mind though that it's still just a logical partition, so if the drive crashes, both partitions are gone... not just one or the other.

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Originally posted by b4k-oz Thanks RJ and everyone for your firewall input. Now does ne1 feel that it's a bad move to partition a huge hard drive so that the o/s is in a separate drive and that private data is in another?

Yes, I suggest doing this....Personally, on all my machines (I have 11 at home), I use a 40G drives for the OS, I partition it into a 15G and 25G partitions and put the OS on the 15G partition....if I want storage (I have around 2.4Tb of storage at home) I have network storage or add an additonal drive to the machine...

As far as firewalls, I suggest D-Link....Linksys is ok, but since Cisco bought them, it seems that they got more expensive and some models cut back on their features....

Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT use a software firewall as your only firewall....

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I run a D-Link router and Black Ice Defender (software firewall).

As for the partition question, I highly recommend partitioning your HD to keep your OS and your data separate. I run two 80GB harddrives in the following config:

1st drive: 25GB OS partition, 55GB data partition
2nd drive: 4x20GB partition

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Originally posted by MarkT RJ's post gave me a headache...I plugged in a LinkSys router (not wireless) and called it a day

How about just going through a linux box?

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Originally posted by beanieboy If you're just surfing, a Linksys is fine. If you are want to expose servers to the public Internet think it through... http://www.juniper.net/products/glance/

mmmm Juniper Gear! Sexy!

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Originally posted by loca How about just going through a linux box?

Not that I understand why but IP tables etc seem to be a pain in the ass for all teh n00bs

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Originally posted by St_Andrew Not that I understand why but IP tables etc seem to be a pain in the ass for all teh n00bs

Bah, it's all about practice. You get it right eventually

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Originally posted by loca Bah, it's all about practice. You get it right eventually

yeah i know... took me like 4 days before i got everything as i wanted it the first time i did it