Unlike the Windows Firewall in XP SP2, you cannot modify the scope or properties
of the preconfigured Windows Server 2008 exceptions from the Control Panel applet.
However, there is a new interface for more advanced configuration of the firewall
through an MMC snap-in, called Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. This
new snap-in provides a number of new features that were not previously
available in the XP firewall, including the following:
■Controlling outbound as well as inbound traffic. The inability to control
outbound traffic was a ...
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