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Best free firewall for Windows?

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lanux128:
btw, i'm behind a secure router, so much so that i've ditched 3rd-party firewalls for the Windows firewall, even though i came to know that it does only offers inbound protection.

f0dder:
btw, i'm behind a secure router, so much so that i've ditched 3rd-party firewalls for the Windows firewall, even though i came to know that it does only offers inbound protection.
-lanux128 (January 16, 2008, 06:42 PM)
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Who cares about outbound "protection" anyway? When you get to the point where it kicks in, your PC has already been compromised... I see it as fixing the symptoms instead of curing the problem.

lanux128:
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f0dder, i'd like to ask for your expert opinion regarding this router problem i'm having. more info here.
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mwb1100:
Who cares about outbound "protection" anyway? When you get to the point where it kicks in, your PC has already been compromised... I see it as fixing the symptoms instead of curing the problem.
-f0dder (January 16, 2008, 06:52 PM)
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I suppose that you can think of it like a burglar alarm.  Not that I use outbound protection - it's far too much work to configure.

Liquidmantis:
Well, outbound protection lets you know when something has gone wrong and can help minimize the damage.  I also like to make sure I know what the "benign" apps on my system are doing.

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