Re: IE7 cannot load pdf

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Hertz_Donut wrote:

"Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Hertz_Donut" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You're welcome. BTW, you might be better off when using the
built-in WinXP
firewall instead.

Truly awful advice. The windows firewall is not SPI, is inbound
only,

That's the firewall's classic job. No more, no less.

A firewall should monitor both inbound and outbound traffic.


and is unreliable at best.

Nope. It's as good as any stateful packet filter.

Except that it is not SPI.



If you are saying that there is no built-in firewall in Windows XP SP1, that
is *not* correct. Not only was there a firewall in SP1, but there was also a
firewall in the original release of Windows XP.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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