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DreamingFox

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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject: Vista's firewall

I've been finding conflicting info on Vista's firewall - so my question is: is it or is it not configurable to stop outgoing traffic?

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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:06 am Post subject:

it is configurable although it is not fun to do so http://searchwindowssecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid45_gci1247138,00.html Cudni _________________ Hecho en Mexico

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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

Thank you.

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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject:

Oh my goodness. Actually trying to set filters using this method is beyond me I think. Way too many choices without enough information about what they mean. Why can't Microsoft make it user friendly?

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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:57 am Post subject:

Playing with a Firewall Options is not that much child's play you have to be a techy with some credibility. All though vista has simplified Firewall options a lot.

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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:

mikepossy wrote:

vista has simplified Firewall options a lot.

Simplified? I've been using firewalls for years - some are more user friendly than others, but I've never run into anything this complicated.

But I would agree that you've got to have more than a little technical expertise to configure Vista's firewall...

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