From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I guess what I was getting at was -  Is the Vista firewall thus ensuring
that security updates are madatory once it sees an update is available?


"Geo"  wrote in message
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>I think in this case it just means incoming connections not incoming
> traffic. IE, stuff that isn't initiated by the local machine.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:432b27c1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Does this mean that Vista's firewall  will stop all incoming Internet
>> activity if there are security updates available?  Or am I reading too
> much
>> into the statement below?
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/overvw.mspx
>>
>>
>> The personal firewall built into Windows Vista builds on the
>> functionality
>> that is included with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. For example,
>> Windows Vista's firewall blocks all inbound traffic until a computer has
> the
>> latest security updates installed
>>
>>
>
>

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