SP2 Firewall

[Bob Byrne]

Hi,
My ZA Pro service expires in about a month and I'm reluctant to renew as
lately the updates have been very buggy on my system.
I'm contemplating going with the new version of WinXP's firewall when SP2
arrives.
Anyone using RC2 at the moment that can comment, I'd appreciate it.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The "next generation" Windows Firewall included with SP2, while
vastly superior to the original ICF in terms of visibility, usability
and configurability, is still rather lacking, as a solid security
component. It still can't supplant 3rd-party solutions, nor is it
intended to do so; rather, it's intended to complement them. And, like
the original ICF, it will not monitor out-going traffic.

It's most important virtues, I think, are it's improved
compatibility with internal LANs and its configurability via group
policies. Now, there's a simple, cheap tool that system admins can
use to protect the LAN workstations from that occasional - but not
rare enough - fool who manages to bypass the perimeter firewall and
manually install some malware that could then spread throughout the
LAN via shared drives.


Bruce Chambers
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[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Bob;
Ask in the SP 2 newsgroups referenced on this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm

 

[DeadOnArIVAL]

RC2 is much better than RC1.
I have no problems with RC2. RC1 did not install properly until I had wiped
and installed it clean. RC2 worked through the update features. It's good
stuff.