Question about start-up for firewall and network

CalypzeCalypze Stockholm, Sweden
edited August 2007 in Science & Tech
When my computer loads the desktop and all the starting applications, sometimes the network gets up before the firewall program gets up. At least it appears so by looking at the task bar. The network sometimes get connected before I see the firewall program there, so I assume that this really shows the order they start in.

What I wonder is if this is any threat to the computer. I.e is there a risk that some worms, Trojans, hackers etc may make way into my computer during the short time that the network (hence the Internet connection, because it is through the network that I'm connected to the Internet) is up, but the firewall program is not?

Comments

  • IndigoRedIndigoRed Perth Western Australia Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    Possible, but unlikely. Firstly, you would have had to dl something to start communicating. Once your firewall got up and running, it would stop, unless you tell the firewall to continue. Which one are you using?
    Most random hack attempts wouldn't get a foot in the door in that timeframe. It would be rather like running at a door, hoping it will open at the split second you reach it...
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    It would be rather like running at a door, hoping it will open at the split second you reach it...
    Primesuspect used to do that as a sport. He retired and went into industrial printing and IT services. He used to be six feet tall. That's also why the site previously was called Short-Media.

    Don Quixote charged windmills. Primesuspect charged closed doors. (This is just the type of thing that belongs in Wikipedia!)
  • CalypzeCalypze Stockholm, Sweden
    edited August 2007
    Thanks for replying. So it's basically safe it seems.
    IndigoRed wrote:
    Which one are you using?

    ZoneAlarm.
  • IndigoRedIndigoRed Perth Western Australia Icrontian
    edited August 2007
    Yeah, pretty much. Unless, as I said, you are infected.
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited August 2007
    Leonardo wrote:
    Primesuspect used to do that as a sport. He retired and went into industrial printing and IT services. He used to be six feet tall. That's also why the site previously was called Short-Media.

    Don Quixote charged windmills. Primesuspect charged closed doors. (This is just the type of thing that belongs in Wikipedia!)

    Random question: :confused:
    Can a moderator delete the post of an adjudicator?:smiles:
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