Which Firewall is best for Vista?

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I was reading the very much informative responces between David Bedee MSFT an
Mr Arnold which I thought were very informative and interesting BUT when you
are not at tech or computer savy about the inner workings of a PC it still
leaves one in a quandre about there answers. It all sounded so technical and
to the point. Windows firewall has been slammed because it protects only
incoming. I DO NOT know if this is true cause I am not a TECH but I would
like to be able too put a good firewall into my New Vista Premium desktop as
soon as they send it to keep me safe. Any suggestions would help. All have a
great day an be safe.
 
Re: Which Firewall is best for Vista?

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:21:00 -0700, JJ <JJ@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I was reading the very much informative responces between David Bedee MSFT an
>Mr Arnold which I thought were very informative and interesting BUT when you
>are not at tech or computer savy about the inner workings of a PC it still
>leaves one in a quandre about there answers. It all sounded so technical and
>to the point. Windows firewall has been slammed because it protects only
>incoming. I DO NOT know if this is true cause I am not a TECH

The XP firewall deals with incoming only. The Vista firewall
introduces also outbound filtering, but not in the normal "outbound
application filtering" way introduced by common illusionware
firewalls.

>but I would
>like to be able too put a good firewall into my New Vista Premium desktop as
>soon as they send it to keep me safe.

Please define "safe".

>Any suggestions would help. All have a great day an be safe.

The Vista firewall is good enough. "Safety" primarily depends on
yourself.
 
Re: Which Firewall is best for Vista?

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:21:00 -0700, JJ wrote:

> I was reading the very much informative responces between David Bedee MSFT an
> Mr Arnold which I thought were very informative and interesting BUT when you
> are not at tech or computer savy about the inner workings of a PC it still
> leaves one in a quandre about there answers. It all sounded so technical and
> to the point. Windows firewall has been slammed because it protects only
> incoming. I DO NOT know if this is true cause I am not a TECH but I would
> like to be able too put a good firewall into my New Vista Premium desktop as
> soon as they send it to keep me safe. Any suggestions would help. All have a
> great day an be safe.

You are not going to find anything better than the Vista FW and Vista in
itself due to the advanced features the FW and Vista are using.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/WFP.mspx

Jesper's Blog
http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2007/07/19/at-least-this-snake-oil-is-free.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/jesper_johansson/archive/2006/05/01/426921.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/06/VistaFirewall/default.aspx
"If you try to block outbound connections from a computer that’s already
compromised, how can you be sure that the computer is really doing what you
ask? The answer: you can’t. Outbound protection is security theater—it’s a
gimmick that only gives the impression of improving your security without
doing anything that actually does improve your security. This is why
outbound protection didn’t exist in the Windows XP firewall and why it
doesn’t exist in the Windows Vista™ firewall."

Vista Firewall Control
http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/
 
Re: Which Firewall is best for Vista?

In my many years of using XP and now Vista, the Windows firewall has been
perfect -- it's all you need unless you go to risky sites a lot. Those who
babble about the firewall not blocking bad OUTBOUND data are overreaching --
it means you're computer is already hosed. A good antiviral scan will find
the bad software and remove it.

EW

"JJ" <JJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:73CC140C-6454-48A3-9EBD-3ADC6410D026@microsoft.com...
>I was reading the very much informative responces between David Bedee MSFT
>an
> Mr Arnold which I thought were very informative and interesting BUT when
> you
> are not at tech or computer savy about the inner workings of a PC it still
> leaves one in a quandre about there answers. It all sounded so technical
> and
> to the point. Windows firewall has been slammed because it protects only
> incoming. I DO NOT know if this is true cause I am not a TECH but I would
> like to be able too put a good firewall into my New Vista Premium desktop
> as
> soon as they send it to keep me safe. Any suggestions would help. All have
> a
> great day an be safe.
 
Re: Which Firewall is best for Vista?

JJ wrote:
> I was reading the very much informative responces between David Bedee MSFT an
> Mr Arnold which I thought were very informative and interesting BUT when you
> are not at tech or computer savy about the inner workings of a PC it still
> leaves one in a quandre about there answers. It all sounded so technical and
> to the point. Windows firewall has been slammed because it protects only
> incoming. I DO NOT know if this is true cause I am not a TECH but I would
> like to be able too put a good firewall into my New Vista Premium desktop as
> soon as they send it to keep me safe. Any suggestions would help. All have a
> great day an be safe.

SpySweeper (w/AV) now allows downloading and installation of their
Firewall for free. Everything on a single package and it wirks very well.

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
 
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