Vista - Vista Firewall Control

I remember someone here had been using Vista Firewall Control
(http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html)
and seemed to be satisfied with it as a simplified means of regulating
the Windows outbound firewall. Has anyone else here tried it out and
gained any experience of it to report?

>> I remember someone here had been using Vista Firewall Control
(http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html)
and seemed to be satisfied with it as a simplified means of regulating
the Windows outbound firewall. Has anyone else here tried it out and
gained any experience of it to report?

Daze:

I use it to have a notice of (and to control) the initial outbound control
of apps.
I use it with Vista's f/w enabled.
Works great.

Hey, CZ! Thanks for the report. Before trying it myself, I wanted to
make sure it wasn't giving anyone any serious problems. Guess I'll have
to give it a go.


CZ wrote:
>>> I remember someone here had been using Vista Firewall Control
> (http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html)
> and seemed to be satisfied with it as a simplified means of regulating
> the Windows outbound firewall. Has anyone else here tried it out and
> gained any experience of it to report?
>
> Daze:
>
> I use it to have a notice of (and to control) the initial outbound
> control of apps.
> I use it with Vista's f/w enabled.
> Works great.
>
>

Yep, just installed it and already think I like it. Very simple and easy
way to, as you say, "have a notice of (and to control) the initial
outbound control of apps." Also easy to edit permissions.


Daze N. Knights wrote:
> Hey, CZ! Thanks for the report. Before trying it myself, I wanted to
> make sure it wasn't giving anyone any serious problems. Guess I'll have
> to give it a go.
>
>
> CZ wrote:
>>>> I remember someone here had been using Vista Firewall Control
>> (http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html)
>> and seemed to be satisfied with it as a simplified means of regulating
>> the Windows outbound firewall. Has anyone else here tried it out and
>> gained any experience of it to report?
>>
>> Daze:
>>
>> I use it to have a notice of (and to control) the initial outbound
>> control of apps.
>> I use it with Vista's f/w enabled.
>> Works great.
>>
>>

"Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
news:uQF7TmfOHHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Yep, just installed it and already think I like it. Very simple and easy
> way to, as you say, "have a notice of (and to control) the initial
> outbound control of apps." Also easy to edit permissions.
>

Is this an interface to the Vista firewall, or is it another seperate
firewall? The website doesn't make this clear.

ss.

just a front end for those that might be confused by firewall terminology
and the way they work



"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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> "Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
> news:uQF7TmfOHHA.140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Yep, just installed it and already think I like it. Very simple and easy
>> way to, as you say, "have a notice of (and to control) the initial
>> outbound control of apps." Also easy to edit permissions.
>>
>
> Is this an interface to the Vista firewall, or is it another seperate
> firewall? The website doesn't make this clear.
>
> ss.

Re: Vista Firewall Control app

>> It is just a front end for those that might be confused by firewall
>> terminology
and the way they work

Troy:

No, it is not a front-end to the Vista f/w.
If I disable the Vista f/w, Vista Firewall Control continues to function.