Re: I might bite bullet on SP2..but!

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From: CZ (CZ_at_no99spam.com)
Date: 03/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 06:57:46 -0800

Re: does Win XP SP2 do outbound firewall control

wojo:

Following notes are from a Word file I dnloaded (no URL):
Expanded file name: WinXPSP2_Documentation.doc

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

February 20, 2004
Starr Andersen, Technical Writer, Microsoft Corporation
Vincent Abella, Technical Editor, Microsoft Corporation
This preliminary document applies to the beta release of for Microsoft®
Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) for the 32-bit versions of Windows XP
Professional and Windows XP Home Edition. It does not describe all of the
changes that will be included in the final release of the service pack.

Windows Firewall will automatically allow all outbound connections,
regardless of the program and the user context

For typical consumer and office computers, the computer is a client on the
network. Software on the computer connects out to a server (an outbound
connection) and gets responses back from the server. Windows Firewall allows
all outbound connections, but applies rules to the types of communication
that are allowed back into the computer. For more information about what
network traffic Windows Firewall allows as part of Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP) and User Data Protocol (UDP) outbound connections, see Notes,
below

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