Re: How well does the Windows Vista Firewall work?

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:35:19 -0500, Terminator
<terminator@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You got all kind of excuses Alias -- (The Excuse - Alias), and you
always go into a tap dance, jig and spin.

More insults but no proof. How surprising.

Alias

Its truly amazing that someone like Alias responds to a post titled
"How well does the Windows Vista Firewall work" and has absolutely
nothing informative, relative or intelligent to offer. What a waste of
time!

More amazing to me how quick assorted Microsoft apologists regardless
of topic have some desperate need to try to defend the undefendable
arrogance, stupidity and recklessness of Microsoft bug riddled, hacker
prone software. Oh well, nothing I can do about it except point out
how stupid it is to be a Microsoft stooge.

More on point, it is foolish to expect Microsoft to be able to offer a
decent firewall since they are the dopes that dumped a hacker's dream
(any version of Windows) on a unsuspecting public with the pre Vista
versions of Windows paying hardly any concern at all to so-called
security issues preferring instead to run everything wide open which
is WHY hackers have little trouble attacking Windows.

Thinking any firewall from Microsoft will "protect" you is like asking
a bank robber to watch over your piggy bank. You got to be kidding.

The point that always zooms over the heads of the Microsoft faithful
is Microsoft doesn't know how to write a secure operating system. They
never have and likely never will. Their method, a proven failure is to
patch. That fixes one leak, but soon another springs up.

So how well does Vista's so-called firewall work?

Ask any hacker. He/she will tell you how easy it is to penetrate.

Want facts?

Windows Defender in real world testing using a sampling of 25 spyware
and malicious code samples FAILED TO IDENTIFY or PROTECT from 84% of
these known threats. Ouch!

http://www.bakmansblog.com/2007/04/how_secure_is_m.html

Windows Firewall, configured by default in Vista to help protect
user's computers as soon as Windows Vista boots. While it can restrict
both inbound and outbound traffic, outbound filtering needs to be
configured manually or using Group Policy. Like Windows Defender,
Windows Firewall should be seen as a complement to third-party
solutions, not a replacement.

Feel safer now?

Hint: The more outside UNBIASED information you read, the more you
know how DUMB the typical Microsoft apologist stooge actually is. ;-)

.

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