a lame idea since you are booting your pc take the cable out before booting and put it back again when your firewall is up and running
better install *nix ;) cheers rohit --- Gorgon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com
