On Fri, 2 May 2008 12:33:39 +0100, "Zygy" wrote:
>Thank you for posting, but you do not give me the answer I asked for.
Maybe it wasn't my intention to give you the answer you wanted.
Thought about that?
>Since I posted my question on a Vista Newsgroup, I must have been referring to a
>Vista Firewall.
Well, not necessarily, smart ass. Many mislead people run all kinds of
firewalls on Vista. Did you give it a thought that my question might
have impact on whether you actually need to suspend that or not?
>If you can give me the answer maybe you could also advise me how to restore
>the Firewall to a full operating procedure after the suspension.
I'm not going to do that until you give me a solid reason for
suspending your vista firewall in the first place.
>For your information the owners of the download advise the suspension of the
>Antivirus and Firewall.
That's common - because lot's of so called "security" stuff is too
crappy to deal with even legitimate stuff in a meaningful way - e.g.
by implementing all kinds of foolish pseudo-security functions.
Ask them if they have a concern with the Vista firewall specifically,
because if so you should maybe reconsider dealing with these "owners
of the download".
>"Straight Talk" wrote in message
>news:94ul14lcppba82rkjqnb1kn3mi9nv6ogaj@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 2 May 2008 08:55:16 +0100, "Zygy" wrote:
>>
>>>It has been recommended that I suspend the Firewall during the download of
>>>a
>>>very sensitive software.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>>>I found the Firewall, but how do I suspend it?
>>
>> Are you talking about the Vista one? - I see no reason to suspend that
>> for any download purposes.
>>
>>>What risks are there if the suspension lasts say for 1hr?
>>
>> Depends on your environment. If your machine is directly connected to
>> the net (has a public IP) I wouldn't risk it.