[luau] Firewalls

[MonMotha]

Windows 2000 and Linux use COMPLETELY different networking stacks and 
will probably never have the same firewall apps available (unless 
someone decides to make a firewall with a common frontend and pluggable 
backends, and this is possible).  On Linux, there is a built in packet 
filter known as "iptables" on 2.4 or "ipchains" on 2.2.  The BSDs have 
"pf" or "ipf".  Windows doesn't (to my knowledge) have a built in, 
configurable packet filter.  WinXP has one, but it's far from 
configurable.  I don't think Win2k has one at all.  Under Win2k, you 
will probably need to buy something like ZoneAlarm (which I've heard is 
decent) or BlackICE (which is a joke).

--MonMotha

Ralph Miranda wrote:
> I was thinking of Personal Firewall... right now I am using my companies 
> ISP... but later on I may have Roadrunner.. and I would like my own 
> firewall.  Of course, if you have any better advise, I'm all ears.. and 
> willing to listen.
> 
> Ralph