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Firewall program?	by Glytch78	2006-09-16 17:53:54
The built-in one is good. (n/t)	by shminux	2006-09-16 17:57:52
not really	by imrambi	2006-09-16 18:01:15
How? Assuming you apply updates as they are releas	by shminux	2006-09-16 18:32:00
Doesn't filter traffic both ways.	by Ravenlock	2006-09-16 18:34:22
From what I understand, the XP firewall only alerts you / lets you set a rule on inbound connections. Something malicious on your machine could be sending information out without you ever knowing about it, if the remote location doesn't ping back to that program.
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No, it asks on outbound also, by default. (n/t)	by shminux	2006-09-16 18:35:14
After some research, it appears that you are right	by shminux	2006-09-16 18:58:11
Yeah, it only does something if a program requests	by Astro-g	2006-09-16 19:17:54

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