From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 00:00:39 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1431 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 02 February 2007 Number 1431 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Firewalls : Alan Duval 2 Re: Firewalls : Ed Durrant 3 Re: Firewalls : Mike O'Connor 4 Re: Firewalls : Voytek Eymont" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 07:50:52 +1100 From: Alan Duval Subject: Firewalls Hi, A friend tells me that I should install a firewall. In May 2004 I bought Injoy Firewall 3.0 and installed it but couldn't get it to work. On contacting the maker I was told that it couldn't be used for a stand alone computer so I uninstalled it and have never bothered about firewalls since and as far as I know, have never had any trouble. I still have the program so could someone advise: 1. Whether I should install a firewall 2. If so; could I use Injoy Firewall 3.0? 3. If not; what firewall should I use? Regards, Alan Duval ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:17:27 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Firewalls Alan Duval wrote: > Hi, > > A friend tells me that I should install a firewall. In May 2004 I > bought Injoy Firewall 3.0 and installed it but couldn't get it to > work. On contacting the maker I was told that it couldn't be used for > a stand alone computer so I uninstalled it and have never bothered > about firewalls since and as far as I know, have never had any trouble. > I still have the program so could someone advise: > 1. Whether I should install a firewall > 2. If so; could I use Injoy Firewall 3.0? > 3. If not; what firewall should I use? > > Regards, > > Alan Duval > > > OS/2 comes with it's own firewall in the TCP/IP stack. If you upgrade to eComStation, version 2.0 comes with a utility to configure it for you, or you should be able to download the (free) utility - probably from Hobbes. I have use the Injoy Firewall in the past, but on my router PC rather than on a workstation. If you have a hardware router it's probably got a firewall built in. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:22:11 +1000 From: Mike O'Connor Subject: Re: Firewalls Alan Duval wrote: > Hi, > > A friend tells me that I should install a firewall. In May 2004 I > bought Injoy Firewall 3.0 and installed it but couldn't get it to > work. On contacting the maker I was told that it couldn't be used for > a stand alone computer so I uninstalled it and have never bothered > about firewalls since and as far as I know, have never had any trouble. > I still have the program so could someone advise: > 1. Whether I should install a firewall > 2. If so; could I use Injoy Firewall 3.0? > 3. If not; what firewall should I use? > > Regards, > > Alan Duval Hi Alan, Are you subscribed to "injoy_products at yahoogroups dot com"? That is the support group on Yahoo for both the Injoy Dialler and the Injoy firewall. Have a scan through the messages on the web-page. I don't have/use the IJ Firewall, but lots of others do. ;-) Regards, Mike -- Failed the exam for -------------------- MCSE - Minesweeper Consultant and Solitaire Expert -------------------- [Please ZIP any attachments, other than GIF/JPG or plain-text] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 23:51:53 +1100 (EST) From: "Voytek Eymont" Subject: Re: Firewalls > A friend tells me that I should install a firewall. and install anti virus software, and, defragment the hd, and, and, and you'll do no harm to anything by having a firewall whether you should, well, I had an OS/2 machine running web and email server for a few years, out on internet, no firewall, did not seem to cause of any probs (oh, and, I did try to defrag it, after a few years service) and, if you're behind a NAT router, you can even run windoze without firewall > In May 2004 I bought > Injoy Firewall 3.0 and installed it but couldn't get it to work. On > contacting the maker I was told that it couldn't be used for a stand alone > computer so I uninstalled it and have never bothered about firewalls since > and as far as I know, have never had any trouble. I still have the program > so could someone advise: 1. Whether I should install a firewall > 2. If so; could I use Injoy Firewall 3.0? > 3. If not; what firewall should I use? either enable the TCP/IP stack firewall, or, use InJoy and, don't forget to defrag the HD ! and, AV software ! -- Voytek ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------