Don't set a "block all" outbound rule. It is virtually impossible to do that
on a general purpose system, and it provides virtually no security. You would
need to permit all ports between 1024 and 5000 for your apps to function.
What *specific* threat are you trying to mitigate?
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Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20
"Antius" wrote:
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> Happy new year everyone, I'm using the 64bit version of Vista Ultimate,
> I have an ethernet connection to a cable modem & no home network, IPv6
> is disabled.
>
> When I set the firewall to block all outbound connections but allow a
> few exceptions, the programs exempted from this rule can't access the
> internet any longer for example Internet Explorer, Windows Mail etc,
> irrespective of what profile they're under e.g. public ,private or
> domain.
>
> The problem persists even if I change the network location type from
> public to private in the Network & Sharing
> Center, is there a way to resolve this without having to set 'Outbound
> connections that do not match a rule are allowed' in Windows
> Firewall with Advanced Security?.
>
>
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> Antius
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