Re: Best free firewall

"Sebastian G." <seppi@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Todd H. wrote:


Why would you want to block outgoing traffic?
Several reasons. To catch any "phone home" operations that a
program has that they didn't make clear.

Doesn't work, by design.

I guess I'm imagining things that pop up on Symantec's Corporate
security suite on my work laptop (actually amazingly non-annoying in
stark contrast to the consumer Norton crap) that sometimes surprise me
on commercial software from time to time?

And why do you keep avoiding the breastfeeding question? Did they
have to tie a porkchop around your neck to get the dog to like you?

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
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