>> Default? >>And what might those rulesets be, pray tell? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;ln;xpsp2swhw and a hundred other URLs at Microsoft.com: "By default, Windows Firewall is enabled and blocks unsolicited connections to your computer."
That's the default configuration after you install SP2 (or SP3 or Vista) or when you buy a computer from an OEM with them pre-installed. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
