Wow. Good question. I imagine that the actual time is much shorter, though. The real time would be the time between when the Network Services start (meaning the listening programs are started) and the firewall is executed. I would bet that, on a faster machine, it is less than 5 seconds. Anyone know? Now I'm curious too.
> Dear All > > I have been wondering for quite some time since I got broadband a few weeks > ago whether the followign is a security risk: the time between opening up > the pc and the anti-virus and firewall to boot up takes about 2 minutes in > total... Is there a small security risk within those two minutes as the pc > is virtually open to the internet? I have noticed that as soon as my > firewall is finally finished booting up it does give out "denied access"? Or > is there something there that actually protects the pc until the firewall > and anti-virus load? If not what can one do to protect one's pc? > > windows 98SE - mcafee anti-virus - zonealarm firewall > > thanks in advance > > Thaque
