Story: SP2's firewall is not good enough
Posted by: Neil Roy (Sunday 15 August 2004, 3:21 AM)
SP2 Firewall doesn't block outbound traffic? Did you even TRY Windows Firewall out at all or were you just guessing?
I installed SP2, I uninstalled ZoneAlarm and tested Windows Firewall out with three programs. Kazaa Lite, Poser 4 and Agent. It blocked ALL three successfully and prompted me as to wether I wanted them unblocked.
The next time you write an article about something, how about actually TRYING the software out before you bash it. I've never been a huge fan of Microsoft's software, but I do like to be fair and so far SP2 has been really excellent and has given me a choice every step of the way as to what software I want. In fact, when I first installed SP2, I had ZoneAlarm (free version) running, SP2 detected this and it automatically DISABLED Windows Firewall. I thought this was very nice.
I'll know better than to trust any software reviews on this website again.
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Story: SP2's firewall is not good enough
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SP2 Firewall doesn't block outbound traffic? Did... Neil Roy -
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I think the warning displayed by the SP2... Nick -
Hey Neil, open mouth, insert both feet.
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Well Gentelmen.All i can say is simply this,e... Internetzed
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"I inst... Duncan Ogle
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Am I to understand that if you have Zone... Anonymous
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Windows "Firewall" failed several leak tests... Joe Williams
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Don't like this kind of criticize. You should know... Anonymous
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Hi Mr. Berlind,
I enjoyed the article you wrote.... Anonymous
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ZoneAlarm has what you would call 'cloak mode... Sean Vickery
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First I'm not an expert at all. But I wo... van hoof -
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