Re: XP SP2 Firewall or ZA Free?

From: · (sdglockman_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:36:00 GMT

*Vanguard* wrote:

> · said in news:dpjCc.246327$hY.236491@twister.nyroc.rr.com:
>>
>> The Windows Firewall debuting with SP-2 does not include outbound
>> blocking. What you are seeing in that article is the ability to
>> control which applications are allowed to receive unsolicited inbound
>> connections.
>
> You sure? In AV products that I've seen, an application rules list
> means you are defining what port and protocol an application can use
> to punch *out* from your network. Articles like
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1416130,00.asp which state:
>
> If SP2's Windows Firewall is not monitoring (and blocking
> non-excepted) outbound traffic then I don't see the purpose of having
> an applications permission list. Why define an outbound exception
> list for some applications when ALL of them can making any outbound
> connection they want? An inbound exception list doesn't make sense
> except for server programs, like a web server.

I'm sure of what I read. The exception lists there are for server
applications, not for programs making outbound connections. Just read
the text in the screen shot of the dialog with the Exceptions tab
selected: "Windows Firewall is blocking incoming network connections,
except for the programs and services selected below." That says it all.

But you're right, SP-2 isn't final yet. Microsoft probably has teams of
lawyers discussing what the chances are they can get away with screwing
over yet another market niche--this time the personal firewall market.

I wish they would implement outbound protection, and your initial post
got my hopes up. I've had it up to my ass with lousy third-party
software firewalls, and I'd welcome the chance to rid myself of hours
spent endlessly fiddling with damnable, problematic Fisher-Price
firewall controls.

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