Re: IE7 cannot load pdf

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"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

Hertz_Donut wrote:

"Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

"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.


SPI = Stateful Packet Inspection.

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