Vista Firewall to be Crippled

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday April 26, 2006 @02:30AM from the no-surprises-here dept.

UltimaGuy writes "The firewall in Windows Vista will, by default, have half its protection turned off because that is what enterprise customers have requested, according to the software giant. The firewall will be set to only block incoming traffic even though it will be capable of blocking outgoing traffic. Microsoft also claims that configuring the Vista firewall to block outgoing connections from rogue applications and malware will require a varying degree of technical knowledge, depending on each user's security requirements."

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FIRST TROUT! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-26 02:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I AM A FISH!
Re:crippled? CIV 4 - YES by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-26 03:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

If you have an NVIDIA 6800 GS video card, then yes - Civ4 is crippled. Actually its unplayable.