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Outbound blocking -- irrelevant idea
Here's the reality. If you (the user) can do something, a program on your computer can do exactly that same thing. So, if you can turn off your firewall, a worm can do the same thing. If you can click "Yes" on a dialog, a worm can do the same thing. If Windows Firewall included outbound filtering, the first thing a worm would do is turn it off.

The only reason that ZoneAlarm and others seem to work today is that they all have different ways to be turned off, so worm writers haven't written in support for them. If Windows Firewall had outbound filtering, the pure prevalence of the product would cause a worm to be written to turn it off within 10 seconds of release.

Rather than waste resources on what is sure to be a doomed effort, Microsoft has chosen to focus on efforts to make sure that the worm never gets on your machine in the first place.
Posted by: JohnJ_z   Posted on: 07/09/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Exactly  llamee | 07/02/04
Do you run the latest version?  AxleMunshine | 07/02/04
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MS and keystroke Loggers  amaughan | 07/02/04
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Alternate Browsers  don.chambers@... | 07/02/04
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browser vendor may not matter  GDF | 07/02/04
Microsoft should improve application security  alan maughan | 07/05/04
Point of Order - outgoing connections & startup control  jpivonka@... | 07/06/04
The solution is so easy and enjoyable...  MTMacPhee | 07/02/04
but _NOT_ on your wallet!  riff7raff | 07/02/04
$2000 is too much?  Wings_z | 07/02/04
Those aren't all the costs  home_user | 07/02/04
As wings says, get an eMac  MTMacPhee | 07/02/04
The cost of changing to a Mac is more than just the list price  balsover | 07/02/04
I'm da man!  MTMacPhee | 07/02/04
re: da man  home_user | 07/02/04
They don't?  MTMacPhee | 07/02/04
Linux & Mozilla a safe haven for now..  riff7raff | 07/02/04
Linux & Mozilla a safe haven for now but...  dave_anderson99 | 07/02/04
May be u r not old enough  laci2126 | 07/04/04
...for now but they will always be safer than any M$ product ...  indigo_z | 07/05/04
Keystroke Loggers, etc, ad nauseum  Wings_z | 07/02/04
Palladium  PB_z | 07/02/04
Irresponsible journalism  bullwinkle_z | 07/02/04
Nonsense!  jpivonka@... | 07/06/04
Why outbound filtering is a waste of time  JohnJ_z | 07/09/04
You're still wasting you're time.  Irritated User | 07/02/04
Dave, you are the one that needs a realilty check  balsover | 07/02/04
Using "something called a port"? Really!  jpivonka@... | 07/06/04
I Agree  chapgen | 07/02/04
Too Late!!!  Andre Velloso | 07/03/04
Too Late!!!  Andre Velloso | 07/03/04
Is it, or is it not? The true fate of the ICF's outbound connection control  jpivonka@... | 07/06/04
Not  JohnJ_z | 07/09/04
Outbound blocking? BAD idea.  syrynxx | 07/06/04
Outbound blocking is a good idea, and easily managed too  jpivonka@... | 07/06/04
Outbound blocking -- irrelevant idea  JohnJ_z | 07/09/04
Properly configure your IE browser!  AlmostBandwidth | 07/06/04
microsoft wish  spam@... | 07/08/04
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