"**jerry**" <didjerrydoo@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> i'd like to know details about the vista firewall. Does it now indeed
> block incoming and outgoing?
> i assume microsoft didnot create the firewall for nothing. So is it really
> neccesary to install another one, and if so, do i then need to turn off
> the windows firewall?
> and if i need another one, which one?
The Vista FW/packet filter is very good. If you would like to add another
packet filter NOT a 3rd party FW to supplement the Vista FW/packet it
filter, then may I suggest the IPSEC that's on the O/S too, along with the
AnalogX's Policy rules? I have Vista FW/packet filter and IPSEC running
together, with IPSEC supplementing the Vista FW/packet filter.
http://www.petri.co.il/block_ping_tr...with_ipsec.htm http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813878 http://www.analogx.com/CONTENTS/articles/ipsec.htm