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Originally posted by MahlerIsGod
Is it possible to run with two firewalls? Both the Norton and the Zonealarm? I'm I doubly "protected" or simply creating unnecessary conflicts between the two firewalls? Would anyone know? Thanks
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two software firewalls is a bad idea and waste of resources, assuming it does not crash your system to begin with. Some combinations will crash each other horribly or at the least cause nothing but headaches. Norton and ZA are especially bad for conflicting with others of their kind running simultaneously on the same system.
The best route is to run a dedicated hardware FW first for the outside world; a router or old *nix box is fine for this purpose. The main reason I have software firewalls on my systems is to explicity monitor all attempted outgoing connections; my 3com router does all of the actual port stealthing and firewall duties for inbound traffic.