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Bruce Sanderson
Version 1.0.701 of MS AntiSpyWare Beta. Options, Settings, SpyNet
AntiSpyware Community; click "Information for software firewall users...".
1. This "document" does not distinquish between incomming and outgoing
connections. "...make sure that port 80 is open..." should be modified to
clearly state whether this is for incoming or outgoing connections (or
both).
2. Does enabling the SpyNet AntiSpyware Community feature mean that some
computer somewhere is going to try to create a connection to port 80 on my
computer (that is make an "unsolicited request")? Note that this document
says it applies to the AutoUpdater feature as well.
3. I'm reasonably familiar with the Windows XP SP2 firewall and its
configuration. Since the Windows XP SP2 firewall does not block outgoing
connections, why does this document state:
"If you are running Windows XP Firewall Service Pack 2
If you are running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and have the Internet
Firewall enabled with application protection you will want to make sure that
the following Microsoft AntiSpyware applications have permission to access
the Internet:"
The XP SP2 firewall never prevents anything from "accessing the Internet" -
outgoing connections (sessions, communication) can be made to any
destination port, including port 80. So what is special about MS
AntiSpyware in this regard?
4. What exactly does "with application protection" in the sentence that
starts "If you are running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and have the
Internet Firewall enabled with application protection..." mean? I don't
think there is some called "application protection" that can be seperately
installed or turned on and off in the XP SP2 Firewall. You can specify that
certain applications are allowed to open ports for listening and thus accept
incoming connections, but there is no generic configurable feature called
"application protection" as far as I'm aware.
Now, I'm aware that there are other software firewall products that do block
outgoing connections and thus could potentially block AntiSpyware from
communicating over the Internet, so I can understand that they may need to
specifically configured to allow this application to initiate
communications. This is not really any different than what would be
required for web browsing or other automatic updating products (e.g.
Microsoft Update, AntiVirus updators etc.).
AntiSpyware Community; click "Information for software firewall users...".
1. This "document" does not distinquish between incomming and outgoing
connections. "...make sure that port 80 is open..." should be modified to
clearly state whether this is for incoming or outgoing connections (or
both).
2. Does enabling the SpyNet AntiSpyware Community feature mean that some
computer somewhere is going to try to create a connection to port 80 on my
computer (that is make an "unsolicited request")? Note that this document
says it applies to the AutoUpdater feature as well.
3. I'm reasonably familiar with the Windows XP SP2 firewall and its
configuration. Since the Windows XP SP2 firewall does not block outgoing
connections, why does this document state:
"If you are running Windows XP Firewall Service Pack 2
If you are running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and have the Internet
Firewall enabled with application protection you will want to make sure that
the following Microsoft AntiSpyware applications have permission to access
the Internet:"
The XP SP2 firewall never prevents anything from "accessing the Internet" -
outgoing connections (sessions, communication) can be made to any
destination port, including port 80. So what is special about MS
AntiSpyware in this regard?
4. What exactly does "with application protection" in the sentence that
starts "If you are running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and have the
Internet Firewall enabled with application protection..." mean? I don't
think there is some called "application protection" that can be seperately
installed or turned on and off in the XP SP2 Firewall. You can specify that
certain applications are allowed to open ports for listening and thus accept
incoming connections, but there is no generic configurable feature called
"application protection" as far as I'm aware.
Now, I'm aware that there are other software firewall products that do block
outgoing connections and thus could potentially block AntiSpyware from
communicating over the Internet, so I can understand that they may need to
specifically configured to allow this application to initiate
communications. This is not really any different than what would be
required for web browsing or other automatic updating products (e.g.
Microsoft Update, AntiVirus updators etc.).