I have XP (Home) w/SP2. I turned OFF XP's so called "Firewall". I installed Kerio Personal Firewal 2.1.5 and rebooted. Then I created permit rules for my net apps.
I then visited the website below :
------------- relevant part of results ------------ Firewall Test The following ports were checked: 554, 1755, 443, 80 Out of the above ports, the following are open and permitting outbound traffic: 554,1755,443,80 Firewall status: NOT PRESENT (you may have a firewall, but it is not configured to block these ports from outbound traffic)
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OK. so I created a rule for both TCP & UDP to block (deny) "Outbound" on these ports for any app. I then re-vistied the site and took the test again but came up with the same result as above.
What's going on ? How do I configure this firewall to be more effective than XP's firethingy?
bilm