I changed our network to a public network making sure that network discovery, file sharing, and printer sharing were turned off. And, I took the router out of the system. The Vista firewall passed all the Shields Up tests, but still failed Leaktest. Conclusion: I think that the firewall is very good on incoming given its most restrictive settings which are appropriate for being out and about.
I tried one other approach: leaving our network as public, but turning on network discover, file sharing, and printer sharing. The firewall again failed the ping reply test. |