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BillRoland
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Re: FIRST POST

said by Steve See Profile :

said by LiberalKing See Profile :

First moron, more like it.
said by the article :

it was not really designed to stop programs from getting out (phoning home)
Is "was in no way designed for" different from "was not really designed for" ? I think the latter suggests a minor effort which expects to fail, while the former suggests that the issue was not addressed in any way.

The XP/SP2 firewall is strictly inbound - by design - and though one can make a fair case for a firewall in both directions, hinting that XP/SP2 doesn't do such a good job on the outbound side is really disingenuous.

Steve
Amen Steve See Profile. I'd really like to know why an inbound only firewall failing an outboung firewall test, is news?
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