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RE: RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better??
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Originally posted by raceproukWRONG! SP2 firewall blocks outgoing as well. I have SP2, and it has asked about allowing about a dozen different outgoings now.


Actually, I'm right. Check out anywhere on the web (ie. security forums) and they will tell you SP2 firewall only blocks incomming. If it did block outgoing, why could everyone still use firewalls like Sygate? It would be a waste of space and resources.

I had SP2 installed and I looked at the firewall. There was no outgoing protection. You might be confused with what's being blocked.

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Originally posted by hayc59 from http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=153397
However, althought bringing to the user popups to the screen about applications, XP SP2 firewall still stay an inbound firewall only. This can be confusing because usually when a personal firewall warns the user about an application, it's about an outbound traffic. At the opposite, SP2 firewall warns the user when an application binded to the network interface (listening on a port) is receiving traffic. In this way, using IE will not bring any popup, whereas using a software acting like a server (P2P softwares, IM file transfer, etc...) will.
10-11-2004 05:19 PM
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Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Pure_BY on 10-10-2004 at 03:09 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by RaceProUK on 10-10-2004 at 03:58 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Vantage on 10-10-2004 at 04:35 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Pure_BY on 10-10-2004 at 06:23 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Alamarco2 on 10-11-2004 at 04:03 AM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by RaceProUK on 10-11-2004 at 06:40 AM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Qucumber on 10-11-2004 at 08:23 AM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Weyzza on 10-11-2004 at 08:34 AM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Qucumber on 10-11-2004 at 08:39 AM
RE: RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Alamarco2 on 10-11-2004 at 05:19 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Pure_BY on 10-11-2004 at 05:51 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by WDZ on 10-11-2004 at 05:54 PM
RE: RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Alamarco2 on 10-11-2004 at 07:42 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Jeronimo on 10-11-2004 at 08:02 PM
RE: RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Alamarco2 on 10-11-2004 at 11:24 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Jeronimo on 10-11-2004 at 11:40 PM
RE: RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Alamarco2 on 10-12-2004 at 01:52 AM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Concord Dawn on 10-12-2004 at 01:53 AM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Pure_BY on 10-12-2004 at 06:11 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by .blade// on 10-12-2004 at 06:16 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Millenium_edition on 10-12-2004 at 06:25 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by .blade// on 10-12-2004 at 06:35 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Alamarco2 on 10-12-2004 at 10:46 PM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by .blade// on 10-12-2004 at 10:52 PM
RE: RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Alamarco2 on 10-13-2004 at 02:07 AM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by Hank on 10-13-2004 at 02:11 AM
RE: Windows Firewall VS Norton Internet Worm Protection, which is better?? - by bellastellaaa on 12-03-2004 at 01:40 PM


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