XP SP2 Firewall is a joke!

(14:24:22) jimmythegeek: HAHAHAHAHA!!! OMFG!
(14:24:46) jimmythegeek: I installed XP sp2 on a workstation. Get a report that a terminal emulator is very slow
(14:25:03) jimmythegeek: takes like 15 minutes to connect to this old minicomputer, but it connects
(14:25:17) jimmythegeek: Fix is to add an exception in Windows Firewall for that port.
(14:25:41) jimmythegeek: WTF? "We don't know how to drop packets, but we can sure slow 'em down! It's called playing to your strengths."
(14:26:22) jimmythegeek: A firewall should stop traffic or permit it. Or rate-limit, if it is fancy. This is...just sad.
(14:27:05) WuTang: :D
(14:27:10) WuTang: that's awesome