Is it worth turning on a motherboard firewall
am 21.12.2006 19:46:40 von Martin C
I have recently had to upgrade my motherboard after the last one blew up.
The Asus A8N-SLI Premium board I now have uses an NVidea firewall built in
(NVFirewall). It states that it works at device level to protect the system.
The thing is that I use a router (Linksys BEFSR11) and have Zone Alarm Free
also present. With these two in place, is there any advantage in activating
the motherboard firewall as well, or will it just slow down the system
without any real benefit.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Martin
Re: Is it worth turning on a motherboard firewall
am 21.12.2006 20:35:42 von DevilsPGD
In message "Martin C"
wrote:
>I have recently had to upgrade my motherboard after the last one blew up.
>
>The Asus A8N-SLI Premium board I now have uses an NVidea firewall built in
>(NVFirewall). It states that it works at device level to protect the system.
>
>The thing is that I use a router (Linksys BEFSR11) and have Zone Alarm Free
>also present. With these two in place, is there any advantage in activating
>the motherboard firewall as well, or will it just slow down the system
>without any real benefit.
Actually, due to the way the chip is designed, it's reportedly more
efficient with the firewall enabled.
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Re: Is it worth turning on a motherboard firewall
am 22.12.2006 00:44:03 von tony
It's what happens when you overclock the cpu and overrate the power supply.
Martin C wrote:
> I have recently had to upgrade my motherboard after the last one blew up.
>
> The Asus A8N-SLI Premium board I now have uses an NVidea firewall built in
> (NVFirewall). It states that it works at device level to protect the system.
>
> The thing is that I use a router (Linksys BEFSR11) and have Zone Alarm Free
> also present. With these two in place, is there any advantage in activating
> the motherboard firewall as well, or will it just slow down the system
> without any real benefit.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> Martin