VistaJuice

I started this website to show everything about Vista, this does not include only the good things - but also some bad decisions Microsoft made.

One of these is in the making of Windows Firewall.

I thought, before I read the article on ZDNet, that when Microsoft said they got both Inbound and Outbound protection in this new version - that I was protected in a conventional way all firewalls should work - but I was wrong.

It turns out that all of the Outbound connections from the computer are allowed by default!!! Now this is just crazy to me! All conventional firewall programs work in a different, and a lot more secure, way. They block all of the inbound/outbound traffic and then when any of the applications tries to access the net, firewall asks you if such thing should be allowed.

For a really good read and a lot more info about Windows Firewall  and why you probably should get a 3rd party application, check out ZDNet's article.

Source: ZDNet

Also, if you have a router with integrated Firewall - that should do it too. That's the way I keep my network secure :)