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Im curious what others are doing with SP2 and the firewall settings internally ?
We are moving to XPP on our user desktop and laptops, curious as to what you guys and girls out there are doing internally with the firewall in SP2 ? I have installed it on a few systems so far.Seems to have pros and cons to having it on or off. What are your experiences with that ?
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Don't get me wrong... I am currently using SP2 with the New firewall feature. It is working good for me so far.
HOWEVER, since I am using VNC and other services, I'd need to tweak the firewall settings to allow those applications to communicate w/ the other computers.
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HOWEVER, since I am using VNC and other services, I'd need to tweak the firewall settings to allow those applications to communicate w/ the other computers.
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same here with VNC and MS's RDP client stuff we use for Terminal Server. I guess Im leaning towards not having on desktops as opposed to making sure its installed on laptops with port tweaks to allow our remote software to work
I only need the security on the desktops, because of special security requirements (auditors). But, ifthat wasnt a requirement I would still use it on all laptops, at a minimum to try and keep them from leaving, getting the nasties and bringing it back to my network.
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Could you please give us an update as to the question, and/or close it please. Thank You ;)
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ok !
ThankQ! tmccabe
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