From: "Mark" 

"when the new operating system ships later *this* year..."

That's a joke, right?

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news:4452b721{at}w3....
> Security is our mantra?
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=CRYF5D5NF
INFGQSNDBECKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=187000342
>
> Vista To Handcuff Firewall
>
> Microsoft plans to turn off half the firewall in Windows Vista when the
> new operating system ships later this year. The reason: It doesn't think
> most users need all the firewall's functionality or can handle its
> management.
>
> Apr 27, 2006 03:56 PM
>
> Microsoft confirmed Thursday that it plans to turn off half the firewall
> in Windows Vista when the new operating system ships later this year
> because it doesn't think most users need all the firewall's functionality
> or can handle its management.
>
> Although Vista's firewall will ship with both in- and outbound filtering
> capabilities, the latter will be disabled by default. Corporate users,
> however, can turn on outbound if they wish.
>
> "Inbound filtering is on by default and outbound filtering for
> applications is configurable by enterprise administrators through Group
> Policy," said a Microsoft spokesperson.
>
> Microsoft has been promoting Vista's firewall as better than XP's because
> it's able to stop both incoming attacks and filter outbound traffic. But
> with it enabled only for incoming data, the end result is a defense
> identical to Windows XP SP2, which has an incoming-only firewall that's
> automatically enabled.
>
>
>

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