Windows Vista Advanced Firewall

umm not bad .. am using windows firewall still , guess its time ms added a bit more functionality to it
 
the only problem I have with Windows Firewall is that so easily u can add an application to the exception list. Any malware writer just needs to make a registry entry and the app can then easily communicate with the outside without the user knowing it!!
 
sunbiz_3000 said:
the only problem I have with Windows Firewall is that so easily u can add an application to the exception list. Any malware writer just needs to make a registry entry and the app can then easily communicate with the outside without the user knowing it!!
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oh then have u tried that in "windows vista" with the advanced firewall ..do u really think that the windows developers and thier elite testing team wud miss on this simple trick ;)

well i think it depends on the user knowledge using any firewall or any OS and not just windows and it's firewall. :)

regards.
 
its not a simple trick that MS missed (I tested Vista...If that makes me elite, then Im damn happy)... Its a feature that Windows guys have to put since u dont want softwares installed on PC to be blocked. And yes I have tried it in Vista!!

Registry.SetValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Services\\SharedAccess\\Parameters\\FirewallPolicy\\StandardProfile\\AuthorizedApplications\\List", "C:\\AppPath\\To\\app.exe", "C:\\AppPath\\To\\app.exe:*:Enabled: Product_Name", REG_SZ);
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This is how it can be done!!
 
well there see HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE nothing great..u can do that as an admin super user i wud rather shutdown the firewall....any firewall even in linux as root u can play with the iptables rules..as i said before it depends on the user and his/her knowledge and expertise...

sunbiz_3000 said:
its not a simple trick that MS missed (I tested Vista...If that makes me elite, then Im damn happy)... Its a feature that Windows guys have to put since u dont want softwares installed on PC to be blocked. And yes I have tried it in Vista!!

This is how it can be done!!
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yes... I realize what u r saying. But if we had another firewall like ZA, KIS, PC-Cillin Internet Security the malware maker wouldnt have an idea of able to do it!!
 
sunbiz_3000 said:
But if we had another firewall like ZA, KIS, PC-Cillin Internet Security the malware maker wouldnt have an idea of able to do it!!
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no solution is fully secure mate..if u r determined and smart u can come up with ideas :)

as u know linux distros like ubuntu by default create the sudo user..and microsoft is doing something similar in Windows vista with:

"User Account Control" security feature.

See: Microsoft Corporation

regards
 
I know whatever MS has done with Vista... but I said that u may just be safer using a different firewall compared to using the Windows Firewall.... Regarding UAC try using the "runas" command and see what u can do with UAC enabled!!
 
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