Re: Di need another firewall as well as the Win XP one?

From: Mike O'Sullivan (mike_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 10/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 20:52:54 +0100

Leythos wrote:
>
> So, does that mean you are using DSL/Cable?
>
yes that's right. I'm a home user though, not on a network.

excuse my relative ignorance, but can you expand on the outbound element
a bit? why would I want to block outgoing traffic?

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