From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I thought with the last delay that volume license customers should see
Vista prior to year end with retail and oem  in 2007.



"Mark"  wrote in message news:4452c5fd$1{at}w3....
> "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=CRYF5D5N
FINFGQSNDBECKHSCJUMEKJVN?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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