Posted by RCE Defiant on 05/29/07 20:39
"Colin Wilson" <REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.co.uk> wrote
in message news:MPG.20c69daf388cc99d98a102@news.individual.net...
>> Get a proper firewall on the edge of your network and then if you must
>> use
>> something on the client end enable windows firewall.
>
> The built-in Windows firewall provides no protection whatsoever.
>
> It will allow *any* traffic out, and only restricts incoming traffic -
> which the router will have already done.
XP's allows any out. Vista's blocks both ways.
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RCE Defiant
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