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From: charliech on 9 Jan 2010 14:06
I run NAV2010, but not NIS2010. I was wondering how WinXP's Firewall
would work with Nav2010? Is anyone running this combination and could
provide some insights? And also, so possible settings for WinXP's
Firewall.

Thanks for any input!

charliec
From: William R. Walsh on 11 Jan 2010 11:38
Hi!

The later NAV products include some form of firewall functionality. I
don't know how it compares to the firewall functionality that comes
with NIS, although it is probably less aggressive and more static rule
based.

While I don't know precisely about NAV 2010, I do know that NAV 2006,
2007, 2008 and 2009 all disable the Windows firewall and replace it
with "something". You can turn the Windows firewall service and
preference back on, and the NAV product will notice this. It will ask
you if enabling the Windows firewall is really what you want to do.

William
From: charliech on 11 Jan 2010 14:28
>On Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:38:49 -0800 (PST), "William R. Walsh" <wm_walsh(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>The later NAV products include some form of firewall functionality. I
>don't know how it compares to the firewall functionality that comes
>with NIS, although it is probably less aggressive and more static rule
>based.
>
>While I don't know precisely about NAV 2010, I do know that NAV 2006,
>2007, 2008 and 2009 all disable the Windows firewall and replace it
>with "something". You can turn the Windows firewall service and
>preference back on, and the NAV product will notice this. It will ask
>you if enabling the Windows firewall is really what you want to do.
>
>William

Thanks for the insights.
charliec
From: pip22 on 13 Jan 2010 13:12

The Windows XP Firewall has no settings to speak of, it just monitors
traffic coming in to the PC, monitors nothing going the other way, and
does this with very little in the way of user intervention. Which is why
many Windows users turn it off and install a stronger firewall.

It should work alongside NAV 2010 with no problems, though why you
would want to use NAV is beyond me. It's still a memory-hog despite
improvements, and it's virus detection is not the best despite the big
name.

If you want a strong anti-virus and firewall package (so they are bound
to work well together) and one that's completely free, try Comodo
Internet Security:
http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html

I've got it running faultlessly on both my XP and Vista machines. never
regretted it.


From: charliech on 13 Jan 2010 18:51
>On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:12:06 -0600, pip22 <pip22.44qzat(a)no.email.invalid> wrote:

>
>The Windows XP Firewall has no settings to speak of, it just monitors
>traffic coming in to the PC, monitors nothing going the other way, and
>does this with very little in the way of user intervention. Which is why
>many Windows users turn it off and install a stronger firewall.
>
>It should work alongside NAV 2010 with no problems, though why you
>would want to use NAV is beyond me. It's still a memory-hog despite
>improvements, and it's virus detection is not the best despite the big
>name.
>
>If you want a strong anti-virus and firewall package (so they are bound
>to work well together) and one that's completely free, try Comodo
>Internet Security:
>http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/download_firewall.html
>
>I've got it running faultlessly on both my XP and Vista machines. never
>regretted it.
>

This might be a stupid question - but if these items/functionality is
free, what makes it so great and how do they fund the constant updates
requires? What am I missing?
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