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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Because a properly configured router will give you the firewall protection without having to run software on the computer to do so. Our router is locked down very tight. It would be quite hard to get in. Not only do you need to know the password, you need to have an authorized MAC address and no way anyone not authorized will have both.
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Not necessarily. I have all that and I still get an occasional intrusion blocked by Zone Alarm. ZoneAlarm's real value, however, is to keep programs I don't want phoning home from doing so plus, if a nasty should get past the AV and tries to phone home, it's not likely to be able to do so.