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 Manage multiple products: Allows you to manage multiple firewall, anti-
spyware, or antivirus products either native to Vista or third-party tools
 Vendor resources: Provides direct links to vendors of the products that
you have installed to get updates or other fixes to remediate issues
For more on Windows Security Center, see Chapter 3.
Windows Firewall enhancements
Like WSC, Windows Firewall (as shown in Figure 1-6) also made its debut with
Windows XP. It, too, returns in Vista as a significantly enhanced tool. The new
Windows Firewall enhancements include the following:
 Easily configurable through two different interfaces: Windows Firewall
is configurable via Security Center and also through the Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) snap-in for those who want to implement
some advanced settings. The advance settings provide a more resolute
approach.
 Filtering of incoming and outgoing traffic: Vista Firewall, unlike previ-
ous versions, allows for outbound filtering.
 IPsec integration: This provides an advanced security-setting console
that integrates IPsec and firewall management and allows for IPsec
server isolation and other customizable IPsec settings.
 Firewall profiles: Although the previous version of Windows Firewall did
allow for profile configuration, Vista Firewall provides for more profile
Figure 1-5:
The
Windows
Security
Center
interface.
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