Wonder if the built-in one way firewall is safe, compared to the two way firewall, such as ZoneAlarm, etc. The reason
for asking this question is, I am not sure if I should allow some of the programs that ask for Internet connections.
Any comments will be highly appreciated.

Be careful with firewalls if you use your computer in a network. The Windows
firewall causes enough problems connecting to other computers. Some of the
commercial/free firewall programs can be an even worse nightmare.

I find the built in Firewall in Vista enough for most persons security
needs, its easy to configure and prevents incoming intrusions.
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"User66" <user66@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Wonder if the built-in one way firewall is safe, compared to the two way
> firewall, such as ZoneAlarm, etc. The reason for asking this question is,
> I am not sure if I should allow some of the programs that ask for Internet
> connections. Any comments will be highly appreciated.

"flambe" <fac187@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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: Be careful with firewalls if you use your computer in a network. The Windows
: firewall causes enough problems connecting to other computers. Some of the
: commercial/free firewall programs can be an even worse nightmare.
:
:

We have had enough trouble just to access our own network printers with ZoneAlarm. (On a normal
fresh loading caused no problem, but updating was a pain with ZoneAlarm. We have been using Sygate
Personal Firewall for a long time, but that does not work for Vista). Thanks for your comments.

"User66" <user66@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Wonder if the built-in one way firewall is safe, compared to the
> two way firewall, such as ZoneAlarm, etc.

The Vista firewall IS a two-way firewall but the default is one way
only. If you wish to block/allow outgoing here's how:

http://searchwindowssecurity.techtar...247138,00.html

The configuration is a bit difficult for most (including me!) so
there's help here:

http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html

The free version may be all you need, check the comparisons under
the "Download and Buy" link.


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Thanks for the information.

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: "User66" <user66@xxxxxx> wrote:
:
: > Wonder if the built-in one way firewall is safe, compared to the
: > two way firewall, such as ZoneAlarm, etc.
:
: The Vista firewall IS a two-way firewall but the default is one way
: only. If you wish to block/allow outgoing here's how:
:
:
http://searchwindowssecurity.techtar...247138,00.html
:
: The configuration is a bit difficult for most (including me!) so
: there's help here:
:
: http://www.sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html
:
: The free version may be all you need, check the comparisons under
: the "Download and Buy" link.
:
:
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