http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/new-windows-firewall-in-vista/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:58:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/new-windows-firewall-in-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-283464 Windows Vista Weblog » Vista Firewall will only block incoming traffic Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:35:48 +0000 http://www.windowsvistaweblog.com/?p=242#comment-283464 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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. [...]

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