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Is the firewall in the wireless router enough?

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Mar 15, 20269422 views
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I got an ADSL internet connection that goes into a Linksys wireless router that features a built-in firewall. Are those kinds of firewalls typically good enough for regular use, or should look into securing the computers on our home network more tightly?

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I generally use a hardware and a software firewall. Hardware firewalls are great at blocking all incoming connections, except for those allowed. However, they do a very poor job at trying to decipher traffic going out. There are often many applicati…

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