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thunder wrote:
On Sun, 27 May 2007 20:19:30 -0400, HK wrote:


Does these other suites include a firewall which also: ****CONTROLS
OUTBOUND ACTIVITY*****???



Ahh. Yes, both the ZA beta and the Kaspersky release version do. For
some strange reason, the firewall MS packed in with VISTA does not.
Weird, eh?


I believe outbound filtering is turned off by default, but it's there if
you are willing to jump through Billy's hoops.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0106.mspx


That's a lotta work and it seems to presuppose you know which ports and
services every "outbound" wants. It's surprising MS simply didn't
license an in/out firewall. Well, as I mentioned, the Kaspersky internet
security suite covers that ground, and it has a decent interface.