Re: What is the trick to get Windows XP firewall to stay on (after a reboot)?

From: Alun Jones [MSFT] (alunj_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:10:23 -0800

"Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
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> "Alun Jones [MSFT]" <alunj@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> You have to state these things - while we've probably got a division
> working
>> hard on one right now, I haven't yet been issued with a mind reading
>> accessory.
>
> I want first dibs on the beta!

The beta team already knows this.

> BTW - Excellent explaination of the difference between a proxy and a NAT
> device. It's nice to hear someone else explain it,..I've gotten tired of
> doing it myself. I like to call them NAT devices rather than firewalls
> because "firewall" is just too generic a term and can mean almost anything
> in varying contexts. Even a proxy can be considered a "firewall" because
> it
> either allows or disallows traffic according to rules.

Thanks - I guess that while there's a certain fudging of the terms because
they appear from the outside to do the same thing, there are real reasons
for differentiating between them.

Our firewall, for instance, is in the same service component as our NAT -
but we talk about the two separately, because they are truly logically
separate functions.

Alun.
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