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  Vista's Secret Windows Firewall hole
Time: 09:56 EST/14:56 GMT | News Source: | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

First, the good news - it's not a flaw in the operation of Windows Firewall on Windows Vista. It's a design feature, it makes sense, and it fits in with the principle that the firewall should keep out unsolicited traffic. It's not really a hole, but I thought I'd grab your attention.

The symptom first came up in a Usenet posting (thanks, Jesper, for bringing me in) about Vista and a third-party FTP client:

When I do a directory listing, and a PORT command is issued, and the server attempts to connect, it works, but at the same time a dialogue appears telling me it's blocked, and I can keep blocking or unblock. I choose keep blocking but it doesn't actually block it once.

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