Re: What is the trick to get Windows XP firewall to stay on (after a reboot)?
From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.lan)
Date: 01/03/05
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Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:18:31 GMT
In article <ia7Cd.3424$7n1.168982@news20.bellglobal.com>,
triffid@nebula.net says...
> I recently switched my home systems from NT4 SP6a to XP Pro SP2
> (slipstreamed), and the firewall is indeed enabled by default.
>
> However, I see no evidence of it blocking anything - it will
> occasionally pop up and say "To help protect your computer, Windows
> Firewall has blocked some features of this program", but it lies.
The firewall only does INBOUND blocking and only based on the rules that
it has - by default it will block all inbound except on it's own subnet
- there is also a patch for Dial-Up users where it was allowing ALL
internet access inbound for dial-up users.
It does not do outbound blocking - you should really read up on
something before you trust it and before to slam it.
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