Nforce3 Firewall - Is installing recommended?

[Caveman]

I hate things "running in the background" using overhead but I want to stay secure . Opinions, thoughts?

Please help...

PS I am using cable through a router...

 

[dtboos]

You do want some sort of firewall with an 'allways on' connection. Windows has one built in now that works pretty good, or if you want to spend money on one like Black Ice or Zone Alarm, those work good.

I haven't had any exp. with the Nforce3 built in firewall though.

Bump for ya.

 

[Jotho]

I'm primarily on dial-up and therefore don't use my nForce3 firewall, but I've heard good things about it. For one, apparently since it's built into the chipset, your firewall protection is "on" before the computer even boots an operating system. Software firewalls leave the system temporarily unprotected in the time it takes between acquiring the connection and booting the OS.

 

[jvarszegi]

Originally posted by: Jotho
I'm primarily on dial-up and therefore don't use my nForce3 firewall, but I've heard good things about it. For one, apparently since it's built into the chipset, your firewall protection is "on" before the computer even boots an operating system. Software firewalls leave the system temporarily unprotected in the time it takes between acquiring the connection and booting the OS.

Good points! I never thought of that. I like my nForce4 firewall because it's more full-featured by far than Windows Firewall, and offloads what's basically network-related processing that's almost always needed these days, leaving your processor free to do less mundane work.

 

[Mogh]

Originally posted by: dtboos
You do want some sort of firewall with an 'allways on' connection. Windows has one built in now that works pretty good, or if you want to spend money on one like Black Ice or Zone Alarm, those work good.

I haven't had any exp. with the Nforce3 built in firewall though.

Bump for ya.

Last I checked Blackice does not have an update yet that allows it to work with the combination of AMD A64, XP SP2 and DEP (Data Execution Protection) turned on. You can always turn DEP off anyway since Blackice should pickup the buffer overflows hacks anyway.

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: Jotho
I'm primarily on dial-up and therefore don't use my nForce3 firewall, but I've heard good things about it. For one, apparently since it's built into the chipset, your firewall protection is "on" before the computer even boots an operating system. Software firewalls leave the system temporarily unprotected in the time it takes between acquiring the connection and booting the OS.

You cannot be hacked into until your pc is booted up in the first place. The hacker needs an os to comunicate with.

 

[dtboos]

Not to mention your internet connection isnt loaded until after windows loads. Unless you make it via a boot disk.

 

[mechBgon]

Your router is a good first line of defense versus the Internet, but not versus anything on "your side" of your router (like if a pal brings over his laptop and plugs into your router too). Having a firewall on the computer itself, whether it's the nVidia firewall, the Windows Firewall with no exceptions allowed, or both, would help in that scenario.

Caveman, I notice you're running WinXP with DirectX 9.0b, which means "I do not have Service Pack 2 installed." You might want to get around to installing SP2, if you're interested in enhancing your security.

 

[cyberknight]

the nForce3 firewall does seem pretyt intense. if I have it on, even on the lowest setting, it prevents me from logging onto like bank websites. I'm not enough of a securities expert to figure out how to configure it manually, so I just leave it off as I don't want to deal with the hassle of turning my firewall on and off when I'm visiting financial websites.

I just run hte XP firewall along with Kerio 2.1.5.

 

[dosius]

Originally posted by: cyberknight
the nForce3 firewall does seem pretyt intense. if I have it on, even on the lowest setting, it prevents me from logging onto like bank websites. I'm not enough of a securities expert to figure out how to configure it manually, so I just leave it off as I don't want to deal with the hassle of turning my firewall on and off when I'm visiting financial websites.

I just run hte XP firewall along with Kerio 2.1.5.

you act like all the other people (like me) , who own the nvidia firewall. they can't use it, because it does not really work, in opposition to all the techmag-reports ?
another forum to this topic:
nvidia firewall

Originally posted by: Jotho
I'm primarily on dial-up and therefore don't use my nForce3 firewall, but I've heard good things about it. For one, apparently since it's built into the chipset, your firewall protection is "on" before the computer even boots an operating system. Software firewalls leave the system temporarily unprotected in the time it takes between acquiring the connection and booting the OS.

--> the firewall is activating with the driver, and not stored on the mainboard. ?

greetings from a disappointed nvidia firewall user

dosius