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The different Outbound Rule Types

The different Outbound Rule Types
After clicking on "New Rule" on the "Outbound Rules" display, we were offered four types of rules: Program, Port, Predefined, and Custom. Since we just wanted to block Firefox, we picked "Program." We expected a list of programs like the exceptions list we saw in the Windows other firewall configuration tool. But, that's not exactly what we got next.

For David Berlind's write-up on Vista's inadequate personal firewall, see his blog post in ZDNet's TestBed blog.
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Which users?
If Microsoft set the 'deny by default, allow by exception' rule, idiot users would scream bloody murder when they installed the firewall and nothing worked by default.

That task would be... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Absolutely Posted on: 07/10/07 You are currently: Logged In | Log out
Users would gripe... Marty R. Milette   | 02/06/07
I guess the thing to do is M.Fridholm   | 02/10/07
Which users? Absolutely   | 07/10/07
So, essentially, "Deny All Except" is impossible? TripleII   | 02/06/07
THIS IS REALLY A COMPUTER! BALTHOR   | 02/06/07
Hmmmm... Buy Vista because...? davidt@...   | 02/06/07
Hmmmm lets see . . . wgraue   | 02/06/07
Keystone cops anyone? edinnc@...   | 02/06/07
Sanskrit and bad similes takas20   | 02/07/07
Relax... tubr0   | 02/07/07
But you CAN block all outgoing.... Crash2975   | 02/07/07
Other Firewalls. jeroldo@...   | 02/08/07
Thanks Crash2975 reefgroup@...   | 02/08/07
Web Page Errors winvista vistahater63   | 02/10/07

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