"jhnlmn" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:521a1a20fea2789effd702b9bd29aa98@xxxxxx-gateway.com...
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> I cannot figure out what that built-in Vista FW is good for.
> All incoming connections are blocked by the router anyway,
> and, I heard, that software FW are not as secure as hardware.
Makes sense for a laptop - where you might not
always be behind *your* router - or I suppose
a desktop setup when *your* router isn't *yours*
anymore due to intrusion.
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> But what I really need is control over outgoing connections.
More a want than a need. Outgoing connections come
from software already executing on the machine you
are "protecting" - this is not really a firewall's function.