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Re: Microsoft limits Vista Firewall - for their own good ?
"Puppy Breath" <koolnerds@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:222036E4-D460-4E20-B839-A75EEF7BDBA6@microsoft.com...
> The whole gist of that article is kinda dumb. What difference does it make
> what the default settings are? How do default settings "limit" a firewall?
> I think most commercial firewalls come with all the well-known ports open
> for incoming traffic, and all outgoing ports open as well. But what
> difference does it make? Everybody has to define their own ingress and
> egress filters for their own network. You couldn't come up with default
> settings that work for everyone.
It is much better to err on the closed side and close things most often NOT
needed. Let the experienced user open what he needs to since most people
don't have a clue.
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