The path less traveled
We also tried the "port" path from the Rule Type dialog. Nope. No user friendliness here. In fact, not even for experienced people. For example, look at the drop down list of protocols. Some of the key ones you'd hope to find there like HTTP and FTP aren't on list. Anyway, we can't imagine mortals looking at this user interface. Next, we tried going down the "Custom" path.
For David Berlind's write-up on Vista's inadequate personal firewall, see his blog post in ZDNet's TestBed blog.
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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- 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 | Log in | Terms of Use
Users would gripe...
Marty R. Milette | 02/06/07
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I guess the thing to do is
M.Fridholm | 02/10/07
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Which users?
Absolutely | 07/10/07
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So, essentially, "Deny All Except" is impossible?
TripleII | 02/06/07
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THIS IS REALLY A COMPUTER!
BALTHOR | 02/06/07
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Hmmmm... Buy Vista because...?
davidt@... | 02/06/07
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Hmmmm lets see . . .
wgraue | 02/06/07
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Keystone cops anyone?
edinnc@... | 02/06/07
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Sanskrit and bad similes
takas20 | 02/07/07
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Relax...
tubr0 | 02/07/07
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But you CAN block all outgoing....
Crash2975 | 02/07/07
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yiou CANNOT Block Outbound anything w/ AFW
JorgeDW | 03/31/09
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Other Firewalls.
jeroldo@... | 02/08/07
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Thanks Crash2975
reefgroup@... | 02/08/07
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Web Page Errors winvista
vistahater63 | 02/10/07
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