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New Networking Features in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

Overview Windows XP SP2 includes the new Windows Firewall, which replaces the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) provided with Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows XP with no service packs installed. Windows Firewall is a stateful firewall that drops unsolicited incoming traffic that does not correspond to either traffic sent in response to a request of the computer (solicited traffic) or unsolicited traffic that has been specified as allowed (excepted traffic). Windows Firewall provides a level of protection from malicious users and programs that rely on unsolicited incoming traffic to attack computers.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	HTML
Date Published	September 2004	Downloads	2
Format	White Papers
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