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10-02-2004 at 07:55:01 PM

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I have two questions. First, since I now have Windows Firewall, do I still
need to run the other firewall products that I ran prior to SP2?

Second, I have my browser configured to remember passwords, but it doesn't
work. Any ideas why this feature is not functioning properly?

Thanks,

Putty

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10-02-2004 at 08:08:31 PM

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In newsAF8D171-123F-4A6A-87DA-1C6EFF39B283@microsoft.com,
Putty <Putty@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

>I have two questions. First, since I now have Windows Firewall,
>do I
> still need to run the other firewall products that I ran prior
> to SP2?

First, the Windows firewall was always available in Windows XP;
what's new in SP2 is that it's turned on by default.

Windows firewall monitors incoming traffic only. Other firewalls
monitor both incoming and outgoing. For that reason, it's better
to run a third-party product instead of the Windows one. You
don't need, and shouldn't run, two.

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10-02-2004 at 09:09:01 PM

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That's not true...

Windows XP SP2 has a new firewall...Windows Firewall. Prior to SP2, it was
known as Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). The new firewall does monitor
incoming and outgoing traffic

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] intro.mspx

As you can see, it asks when a program requests data from the internet if it
doesn't recognize it. Windows Firewall is a suitable Firewall, but if you
are concerned, a third-party firewall works just as well.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

"Ken Blake" wrote:

> In newsAF8D171-123F-4A6A-87DA-1C6EFF39B283@microsoft.com,
> Putty <Putty@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>
> >I have two questions. First, since I now have Windows Firewall,
> >do I
> > still need to run the other firewall products that I ran prior
> > to SP2?
>
>
> First, the Windows firewall was always available in Windows XP;
> what's new in SP2 is that it's turned on by default.
>
> Windows firewall monitors incoming traffic only. Other firewalls
> monitor both incoming and outgoing. For that reason, it's better
> to run a third-party product instead of the Windows one. You
> don't need, and shouldn't run, two.
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
>

Anonymous

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10-03-2004 at 05:13:02 AM

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"Obi-Wan Kenobi" <ObiWanKenobi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:548031D8-E697-45E0-BBDF-12342018E045@microsoft.com...
> That's not true...
>
> Windows XP SP2 has a new firewall...Windows Firewall. Prior to SP2, it
> was
> known as Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). The new firewall does
> monitor
> incoming and outgoing traffic
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] intro.mspx
>
> As you can see, it asks when a program requests data from the internet if
> it
> doesn't recognize it. Windows Firewall is a suitable Firewall, but if you
> are concerned, a third-party firewall works just as well.
>
> Obi-Wan Kenobi
>
> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In newsAF8D171-123F-4A6A-87DA-1C6EFF39B283@microsoft.com,
>> Putty <Putty@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>> >I have two questions. First, since I now have Windows Firewall,
>> >do I
>> > still need to run the other firewall products that I ran prior
>> > to SP2?
>>
>>
>> First, the Windows firewall was always available in Windows XP;
>> what's new in SP2 is that it's turned on by default.
>>
>> Windows firewall monitors incoming traffic only. Other firewalls
>> monitor both incoming and outgoing. For that reason, it's better
>> to run a third-party product instead of the Windows one. You
>> don't need, and shouldn't run, two.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>

Anonymous

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10-03-2004 at 05:13:47 AM

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Hi

Where does it say in that article that the XP Firewall is '2-way'?

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"Obi-Wan Kenobi" <ObiWanKenobi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:548031D8-E697-45E0-BBDF-12342018E045@microsoft.com...
> That's not true...
>
> Windows XP SP2 has a new firewall...Windows Firewall. Prior to SP2, it
> was
> known as Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). The new firewall does
> monitor
> incoming and outgoing traffic
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] intro.mspx
>
> As you can see, it asks when a program requests data from the internet if
> it
> doesn't recognize it. Windows Firewall is a suitable Firewall, but if you
> are concerned, a third-party firewall works just as well.
>
> Obi-Wan Kenobi
>
> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In newsAF8D171-123F-4A6A-87DA-1C6EFF39B283@microsoft.com,
>> Putty <Putty@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>> >I have two questions. First, since I now have Windows Firewall,
>> >do I
>> > still need to run the other firewall products that I ran prior
>> > to SP2?
>>
>>
>> First, the Windows firewall was always available in Windows XP;
>> what's new in SP2 is that it's turned on by default.
>>
>> Windows firewall monitors incoming traffic only. Other firewalls
>> monitor both incoming and outgoing. For that reason, it's better
>> to run a third-party product instead of the Windows one. You
>> don't need, and shouldn't run, two.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>

Anonymous

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10-02-2004 at 10:40:00 PM

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In news:548031D8-E697-45E0-BBDF-12342018E045@microsoft.com,
Obi-Wan Kenobi <ObiWanKenobi@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> That's not true...
>
> Windows XP SP2 has a new firewall...Windows Firewall. Prior to
> SP2,
> it was known as Internet Connection Firewall (ICF).

The name is slightly different, but there are few differences,
between the two. The SP2 version is more configurable.

Regardless of the differences, the point I was making is that
availability of a firewall in WIndows XP did not begin with SP2.

> The new firewall
> does monitor incoming and outgoing traffic

Sorry, that's not correct. It's incoming only, same as before.

> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] intro.mspx

That site makes it clear that it's essentially the same firewall.
It begins by saying "Windows Firewall, previously known as
Internet Connection Firewall." It were something entirely new, it
wouldn't be "previously known" as anything.

> As you can see, it asks when a program requests data from the
> internet if it doesn't recognize it. Windows Firewall is a
> suitable
> Firewall, but if you are concerned, a third-party firewall
> works just
> as well.

Windows Firewall is adequate, but almost all the third-party ones
are *better*, for the reason I pointed out.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In newsAF8D171-123F-4A6A-87DA-1C6EFF39B283@microsoft.com,
>> Putty <Putty@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>> >I have two questions. First, since I now have Windows
>> >Firewall,
>> >do I
>> > still need to run the other firewall products that I ran
>> > prior
>> > to SP2?
>>
>>
>> First, the Windows firewall was always available in Windows
>> XP;
>> what's new in SP2 is that it's turned on by default.
>>
>> Windows firewall monitors incoming traffic only. Other
>> firewalls
>> monitor both incoming and outgoing. For that reason, it's
>> better
>> to run a third-party product instead of the Windows one. You
>> don't need, and shouldn't run, two.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup

george

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10-03-2004 at 08:02:59 AM

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As you can see, it only 'blocks a program from *accepting* connections from
the internet or other network'.
It does not talk about 'blocking a program from *setting up* connections to
the internet or other network'.
Could this by any chance possibly mean that you might have (unknowingly)
something running (like a dialer, or whatever) that sets up an outbound
connection from your system to some other system on the net, without you
being aware of it.......
Hmmmmm

"Obi-Wan Kenobi" <ObiWanKenobi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:548031D8-E697-45E0-BBDF-12342018E045@microsoft.com...
> That's not true...
>
> Windows XP SP2 has a new firewall...Windows Firewall. Prior to SP2, it
> was
> known as Internet Connection Firewall (ICF). The new firewall does
> monitor
> incoming and outgoing traffic
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp [...] intro.mspx
>
> As you can see, it asks when a program requests data from the internet if
> it
> doesn't recognize it. Windows Firewall is a suitable Firewall, but if you
> are concerned, a third-party firewall works just as well.
>
> Obi-Wan Kenobi
>
> "Ken Blake" wrote:
>
>> In newsAF8D171-123F-4A6A-87DA-1C6EFF39B283@microsoft.com,
>> Putty <Putty@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>
>> >I have two questions. First, since I now have Windows Firewall,
>> >do I
>> > still need to run the other firewall products that I ran prior
>> > to SP2?
>>
>>
>> First, the Windows firewall was always available in Windows XP;
>> what's new in SP2 is that it's turned on by default.
>>
>> Windows firewall monitors incoming traffic only. Other firewalls
>> monitor both incoming and outgoing. For that reason, it's better
>> to run a third-party product instead of the Windows one. You
>> don't need, and shouldn't run, two.
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>

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10-03-2004 at 01:02:07 AM

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Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote:
> The new firewall
> does monitor incoming and outgoing traffic
>

No, it doesn't, nor does any Microsoft web site state that it does.

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