On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:50 PM, MHR <mhullrich at gmail.com> wrote: > I realize I'm not getting a lot of questions answered here lately, and > I'm going to presume that this is for legitimate reasons (i.e., people > don't know or are too busy to think about it), not because they seem > stupid (if they do, please tell me, on the list or privately). > > I run Windows as a VMWare guest on top of my CentOS host, and I > generally have not used a firewall on the guest. This is partly > because I only run it rarely, and it seems like a waste when it's > running on a host that has its own, pretty effective firewall, but > today I began to wonder - would it be a bad idea (or a complete waste) > to use a firewall, like ZoneAlarm, on my Windows guest OS? > In addition to running Microsoft's free firewall, I also run Microsoft's antivirus/malware software which is also free. This is on a dual boot netbook - and I typically only use Windows for either for my MagicJack phone or debugging user issues. -- Enjoy global warming while it lasts.