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Might be of interest to some of you guys...
New Networking Features in Windows Server "Longhorn" and Windows Vista (Microsoft article published 15/2/06)
The New Windows Firewall in Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" (The Cable Guy article published 1/1/06)
40-minute WMV interview with the guys behind the Vista/Longhorn networking components (MSDN Channel 9 published 24/11/05)
All about IPv6, the new TCP stack, Windows Firewall, IPSec, etc.
I read up/watching this some time ago and thought it was great news. What I like about MS now is their willingness to start over with things when necessary, rather than trying to plug holes in a leaky boat (so to speak). It's interesting to note that the new stack gives far better performance with large transfers - something i'm really going to benefit from personally. It seemed very predictable that they'd implement a two way firewall this time round (which can only be a good thing) too, so more good news there.
It'll be interesting to see how easy networking is to configure in the final build - it certainly seems much better in the current CTP.