When is a firewall not a firewall?

[dunedin]

Answer: When it`s Vista`s built-in firewall

To quote from the article
“So, the bottom line is that once again (actually, nothing has changed), the Windows Firewall is actually worse than having no firewall at all since (a) its presence leads you to believe that your computer is protected by a firewall when it really isn't (a false sense of security), (b) the system offers nothing in the way of a suggestion that encourages users to establish outbound rules, and (c) is nearly impossible for mortals — the majority of Windows users — to configure.”

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=331

Elaine

[jdc2000]

I saw that one too. What was really interesting was the attempts to configure it met with no success at all.

[pmckinnie]

There is one thing though, if you have a router, there is a firewall in it that will still work.

Oh yes it seems that zone labes new version 7 is still incapatable with Vista. Is there any firewall that is usable now other than vista???

cheers mac

[pmckinnie]

As you might have noticed, Vista didn't help me in my spelling in the above response. Other than that, I would like to learn more about the firewall in vista and wonder how soon Zone labs have a vista version ready??

Don't see anything on their web site.. They do have version 7 out but when I downloaded it, I could not install it.

More information is needed as I would like to have zone Alarm installed. Have used ZA for years and very happy with it.

cheers mac