Re: Need Norton Personal Firewall w/XP Home?
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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 08:08:56 -0800
>> Keep the Norton! The Windows Firewall is very basic and checks only
inbound
stuff although the talk is that Microsoft will upgrade it considerably
in Service Pack 2 (SP2) when that is fielded.
Per my tests with SP2, ICF is still only an inbound control f/w.
Gene:
Apparently my copy of SP2 beta was an early version.
See following for a current preview:
http://www.activewin.com/reviews/previews/xpsp2beta/
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