Windows Vistas' Firewall FAQ
..(continued from previous image) while the subsequent Frequently Asked Questions and a healthy list of questions and answers, the one question we just clicked on didn't appear on the list. *sigh*. Not only that, there were absolutely no references to outbound blocking. (double *sigh*). But we did see one question, the answer to which were hoping would solve the first mystery: "What does allowing a program through a firewall mean?" Recall that we saw that in one of the first configuration dialogs and we weren't sure if it meant inbound blocking, outbound blocking, or both.
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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