From: mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> > Kai Schaetzl wrote: > > Mhr wrote on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:50:27 -0800: > > > >> would it be a bad idea (or a complete waste) > >> to use a firewall, like ZoneAlarm, on my Windows guest OS? > > > > Yes, using ZA is a bad idea. XP has its own firewall which is enabled by > > default if you are patched up-to-date. Keep that on. > > Huh? I've *NEVER* heard great things about WinDoze firewall, and the std. from > the fairly heavy duty folks I know who support WinDoze is that the std for > non-commercial is ZoneAlarm. Personaly, I use ZoneAlarm 'mainly' for the outbound blocking. I like to know (and allow/disalow) when an application tries to phone home... JD