XP SP2 Firewall?
Zone Alarm was giving me some problems so I uninstalled it for a reinstall. Out of curiosity I enabled XP SP2's built in firewall and went to GRC for Shields Up. To my surprise it passed Shields Up with flying colors, something that other, even pro version of firewalls have failed at.
So my question is this. Is Windows XP SP2 built in firewall sufficient? I trust GRC wholeheartedly. I realise that XP's SP2 firewall may not have all the bells and whistles of certain other firewalls but I really don't need all that extraneaous stuff to begin with.
Comments welcome, thanks.
Update - Has passed Sygates Security Scan as well.
Update #2 - Has passed HackerWatch.orgs security test also.
Update #3 - Has passed pcflank.com security test.
So far I'm impressed. I may reinstall Zone Alarm anyway as I'm so accustomed to using it over the years.
Update #4 - Reinstalled Zone Alarm and initial problem was resolved. I'm still impressed that XP SP 2's firewall performed as well as it did with the various test.