Vista Firewall hobbled? I think not.

re: Vista Firewall hobbled? I think not.

tony — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:05:05 GMT

ok with the new windows activation crap being foister upon us outbound connections need to be monitored no matter what you say. Yes WA is not currently opening a session with a server but we can't trust ms at all on this. And I'm an ms fan so just think what the rest of the linuts are thinking. Yes what rights does somebody have when they are utilizing stolen software? Well they have none. Heres a good question why turn it off whats the reasoning? its just one more layer of protection that has very little if any impact on the overall user negative experience.

re: Vista Firewall hobbled? I think not.

mkleef — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 06:15:03 GMT

Ah! So theres two statements youve made here:

1. Windows Activation is not about security. Additionally aside from the initial activation nothing else happens. The Outbound firewall additionally doesnt monitor anything and if switched on will prompt for each application to be allowed.

2. Youve assumed that the impact to the user would be low if we switched it on by default. A relative of mine has Zonealarm. She was so annoyed and confused by the continual prompts for access and applications that would work that she asked me to take it off. For the novice user a constantly prompting firewall is an annoyance and provides limited security benefit due to their low understanding of what its prompting about. That said we do plan to have OneCare Live services manage the firewall both incoming and outgoing that the user can subscribe to. It can automatically configure it based on what applications you have.

Is Windows Vista’s firewall crippled?

4sysops — Wed, 03 May 2006 20:17:50 GMT

There is an on going debate [1] [2] ever since Microsoft announced that outbound filtering in Windows Vista&#8217;s firewall will be turned off by default. Obviously, Microsoft again valued usability above security. Whereas I understand it

Melhorias de segurança no Windows Vista

Oneda — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:25:36 GMT

Segurança foi uma área que recebeu atenção especial no desenvolvimento do