SP2, another unsatisfied customer -- coda

Terry: YOU are correct. The WF does *not* block outbound traffic, as has
been discussed many times here. There is plenty of information searching
the internet stating that fact.

That page referred to isn't very clear about this, though, is it?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...2_wfintro.mspx

If I hadn't known already that the Windows Firewall doesn't block
outbound traffic, I would assume that it did from this wording:

"It does: Ask for your permission to block or unblock certain
connection requests."

Microsoft should be a little more explicit about the capabilities
of the firewall, but maybe they don't want to admit that it is
crippled.

The link to the page that I provided is clear.

Tom

"Al Smith" wrote in message
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| Terry: YOU are correct. The WF does *not* block outbound traffic, as
has
| been discussed many times here. There is plenty of information
searching
| the internet stating that fact.
|
| That page referred to isn't very clear about this, though, is it?
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...2_wfintro.mspx
|
| If I hadn't known already that the Windows Firewall doesn't block
| outbound traffic, I would assume that it did from this wording:
|
| "It does: Ask for your permission to block or unblock certain
| connection requests."
|
| Microsoft should be a little more explicit about the capabilities
| of the firewall, but maybe they don't want to admit that it is
| crippled.