New Windows Firewall in Vista
Two weeks ago there was an article on Microsoft Technet about the new Windows Vista firewall which supports both incoming and outgoing traffic. I didnt’t have any time to write about it but now Ed Bott wrote an interesting article where he discusses some of the new features.
With one mouse click, as I’ve shown here, you can instantly block all outgoing connections except those you define as exceptions. That list of exceptions appears in the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security console. In a default installation, several dozen exceptions are defined but not enabled. After turning on the Block option for outbound connections, you can go through and enable the exceptions you want and define custom connections as well, with an excruciating level of detail.
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Check out what others are saying about this post...[...] Vista Firewall will only block incoming traffic By Vincent | Related entries in Windows Vista When the new OS is released to customers the firewall in Windows Vista will, by default, only block incoming traffic. Offcourse it will also be capable of blocking outgoing traffic but users will have to do that themselves (it’s not that hard). Because the nature of an outbound firewall is to restrict the traffic sent to specific ports, the outgoing access in the Windows Vista firewall is open by default, a Microsoft spokesperson told ZDNet Australia. Microsoft claims that configuring the Vista firewall to block outgoing connections from rogue applications and malware will require a varying degree of technical knowledge, depending on each user’s security requirements. [...]