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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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Can't Open Ports Google Cloud VM Instance

I'm trying to get TightVNC to remote into my Server 2016 instance. I have the VNC Server listening on 5901. I've created a firewall rule in the instance itself, and on my VPC network firewall rules page. Netstat -an doesn't show 5901 as…
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Windows Firewall protected network connections blocked by local group policy

I have a couple of Windows 2008R2 servers running as stand-alones (that is, not connected to a Domain). In Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, I'm trying to unprotect a local network connection because the firewall is interfering with my…
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Can I protect my sitemap.xml so that only searchengines can download it?

I'm planning of adding a bunch of aggregated lists of pages in my sitemaps that I don't want make it too easy for outsiders to screnscrape. Can I protect my sitemap.xml so that only searchengines can download it? Install a firewall? I'm using IIS6.…
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How to clear program/service from Windows firewall rule with netsh

I want to use netsh.exe to modify an existing Windows firewall rule, to remove the "Programs" and "Services" part of the rule. In other words, I want to set it to "All programs that meet the specified conditions", and "Apply to all programs and…
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Windows firewall which ports are opened for SQL Server named instance using dynamic port

In case of SQL Server named instances default configuration in to use TCP port which is dynamic and determined at the time the Database Engine starts. The SQL Server Browser service listens for incoming connections to a named instance and provides…
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Do I need to reset sensible inbound ftp rules for windows firewall (win7)

I have filezilla already installed on my machine. I have no recollection of what permissions / triggers of windows firewall it needed back when I installed it. Today, I wanted to learn how to create a script to automate ftp tasks. I know nothing…
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XP Blocking all incoming connections - Cannot detect where the problem is

I have the following problem. I have installed KERIO Winroute in a machine. After trying it I uninstalled from the PC. The problem now is that I can´t access that machine from network. It seems like something is blocking all the ports. (I have…
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PowerShell: how open a Windows Firewall port

I need to open a port on Windows Firewall with PowerShell, so I do netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "Open port 4443 test" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=4443 and then Test-NetConnection -Port 4443 -ComputerName localhost to…
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Why do I see a lot of incoming netbios activity on my Windows Firewall?

I have been seeing a lot of firewall drops on port 137 and 138 (netbios) after I enabled default behavior on my Windows FW (Block incoming, Allow outgoing) What is the reason for all netbios activity addressed to me? Can someone explain the…
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Block all non VPN traffic

I’ll shortly be traveling to a country with less lenient laws regarding free speech. I have a Windows 10 machine. I want to block this machines possibility to communicate on all interfaces except over a VPN tunnel (there is a network port and…
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How to remove Extra Registry Settings from Default Domain Policy?

For some reason, Windows Firewall was disabled on an AD domain of my client. The RSoP report shows the setting is originated from the Extra Registry Settings on Default Domain Policy. If this was on any other GPO I could have just removed it, but…
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Windows network shares still visible (and accessible) with "file and printer sharing" deactivated

I just migrated a windows server VPS to a new one (Windows Server 2012 R2) and realized that even though "Turn off file and printer sharing" is selected for all available network profiles (Public/Guest, Private) within the "Network and Sharing…
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Windows Filtering Platform events written while the firewall is off

Is it normal to get Windows Filtering Platform events in the Event Log while the firewall is off? I'm on Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. For example, I'm getting multiple 5156 events like this: The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a…
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SQL mirror server doesn't connect after reboot with Windows Firewall enabled

I am trying to get database mirroring working properly in high safety mode with automatic failover. I have named instances of SQL Server 2014 installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 for my principal and mirror. I have another named instance of SQL…
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Trouble configuring firewall for FTP on Windows Server 2008 R2

Ok, I'm having the exact same problem as in this question outbound ftp on server 2008 r2 stalls but the accepted answer didn't help me much... I followed the third step of this http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/309/configuring-ftp-firewall-settings/…
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