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"Windows Firewall" refers to the built in client firewall utility that ships with the Windows operating system. (It was previously named the Internet Connection Firewall.) By default, all Windows operating systems since Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 have shipped with this client.

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"Windows Firewall" refers to the built in client firewall utility that ships with the Windows operating system. (It was previously named the Internet Connection Firewall.) By default, all Windows operating systems since Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 have shipped with this client.

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DCOM Access Issues through Windows Server 2008 Firewall

I am trying to connect remotely to a Windows Server 2008 Machine through WMI Protocol using J-Interop Library. Although I have not been able to configure the firewall properly even after following quite a few online guides. I get the "The RPC Server…
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Is Windows firewall secure enough?

I have Windows server 2008 R2 running on Rackspace network and I'm having difficult times to secure it behind a linux and iptables... I would like to know if the windows firewall is secure enough to leave the server accessible from the public…
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Can't Open Port 1433 on Window Server 2008 (attempting to connect to SQL Server 2008 Express)

I'm trying to open Port 1433 on windows firewall but not having much luck. I've added a new Inbound Rule (attempting to open TCP 1433) which looks okay and appears to be on but when I run netstat -an the server doesn't appear to be listening on Port…
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ZoneAlarm vs Native Firewall on windows?

Which is the benefits to use ZoneAlarm instead of windows native firewall? Is it really necessary?
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Can I block all incoming requests with Windows Firewall?

For weeks now there's been someone on the company network that thinks it's funny to shut down my computer remotely. All I can say is thank GOD for file recovery otherwise I'd have lost 3 projects worth of code by now. At this point, I'd like to be…
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Windows Firewall: Cannot establish Network Isolation - Require Inbound Require Outbound for Domain Controller

I have a Domain Controller, and I wish to establish network Isolation with Windows Firewall, Connection Security Rules. When the DC Authentication is set to Request Inbound, Request Outbound, using the Default method. And the workstation…
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What is the difference between Windows Defender Firewall Settings found Locally and in Local GPO?

I have a Win 10 machine. The machine is not AD joined but is Azure joined. The FW settings are managed through Intune and I ran across a couple Win FW settings that confused me a bit. Below, from my machine, I have Win Defender FW w/ Advanced…
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Configure windows firewall for pinging and RDP

2 Windows 7 desktop A and B at home network. A's firewall on, A ping B = OK, B ping A = Request timed out. A's firewall off,A ping B = OK, B ping A=OK. What I need to configure for A's firewall.I do not want to turn off the windows firewall.
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I've been locked out of EC2 RDP connection to my Windows 2019 Server instance after resetting firewall rules

I've been using a Windows_Server-2019-English-Full-Base-2020.12.09 EC2 instance in N.Virginia for a while and accidently got my firewall rules reset and it seems RDP port is closed and not accepting incoming connections anymore. Is there anyway I…
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How to use GPO to update an existing firewall rule?

I used the guidance found here to add a set of firewall rules to my GPO. I performed these steps: Exported all rules from my DC Imported them into my GPO Deleted the ones I didn't want Applied the GPO to a LAN computer (gpupdate) Unfortunately,…
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WS2016 Firewall: Still blocking program from sending packets after creating in/outbound rules for said application

Starting config: Firewall has been set to block both in/outbound traffic by default. Minimal Core Networking rules have been enabled for NIC to get auto configured. Every other rule is disabled. So far this seems to work just fine. Next, I added a…
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Create Azure VM with Windows Firewall ports open?

I'm working on a Powershell script that will automate setting up an Azure VM, adding it to my Active Directory domain, and setting up a number of other settings. The idea is to be able to spin up and kill off VMs as needed without any manual…
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Server 2016 Domain Controller firewall configuration

I have an environment with 12 VM's all running Windows Server 2016. One is a domain controller, all others joined to the domain. When I login via RDP to any of the computers it takes 2+ minutes. Most of the time displaying "Other User" and a…
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Allow/Block specific RPC interface UUIDs using the Windows Firewall

Is it possible to block/allow certain RPC UUIDs using the Windows Firewall? For example, Active Directory domain controller replication occurs using RPC over TCP via the drsuapi and dsaop RPC servers with UUIDs e3514235-4b06-11d1-ab04-00c04fc2dcd2…
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Windows Server 2019 firewall advanced configuration

I have two windows 2019 servers A and B. Both have Active Directory and DNS roles installed. This setup is only used for directory service authentication by some php based web applications on port 636. Here is what I wanted to achieve: 1. Allow all…
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