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The Windows Firewall with Adv. Security configuration page

The Windows Firewall with Adv. Security configuration page
This is what the top level screen looks like after diving into the Windows Firewall and Advanced Security area of Windows Vista. None of the items in the center are clickable. But the text that says "Outbound connections that do not match a rule are allowed" make it quite clear that all outbound connections are allowed unless a user defined rule explicitly prevents it. We were hoping we could click on that (or right click on it) and flip it to the opposite status (where everything is disallowed unless a rule explicitly allow it), but we couldn't. So, we clicked on "Outbound rules" (top left)

For David Berlind's write-up on Vista's inadequate personal firewall, see his blog post in ZDNet's TestBed blog.
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  • Most Recent of 15 Talkback(s)
yiou CANNOT Block Outbound anything w/ AFW
CRASH, you are mistaken & appeantly didn't TEST your configuration after creating it.
Try & block IM or anything outbound and you will find that AFW Allows ALL outbound traffic regardlwess of AFW Rules!... (Read the rest)
Posted by: JorgeDW Posted on: 03/31/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Users would gripe...  Marty R. Milette | 02/06/07
I guess the thing to do is  M.Fridholm | 02/10/07
Which users?  Absolutely | 07/10/07
So, essentially, "Deny All Except" is impossible?  TripleII | 02/06/07
THIS IS REALLY A COMPUTER!  BALTHOR | 02/06/07
Hmmmm... Buy Vista because...?  davidt@... | 02/06/07
Hmmmm lets see . . .  wgraue | 02/06/07
Keystone cops anyone?  edinnc@... | 02/06/07
Sanskrit and bad similes  takas20 | 02/07/07
Relax...  tubr0 | 02/07/07
But you CAN block all outgoing....  Crash2975 | 02/07/07
yiou CANNOT Block Outbound anything w/ AFW  JorgeDW | 03/31/09
Other Firewalls.  jeroldo@... | 02/08/07
Thanks Crash2975  reefgroup@... | 02/08/07
Web Page Errors winvista  vistahater63 | 02/10/07

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