Questions tagged [windows-firewall]

"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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How can i open correct ports on windows firewall for apache instead of using all?

I installed an Apache2 (8085 and 8086 ports) in a fresh windows 2008 R2 installation. But i found a problem opening ports. I opened the firewall for the program httpd.exe (full and correct path) for the TCP ports already mentioned and i can't access…
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I can't block port 22 to a specific IP (windows server 2008R2)

I'm using Bitvise SSH server and recently get a connection attempt every minute from one IP number. Bitvise terminates the connection immediately, but it's been going on every minute for days and I just want to block that IP number. I've tried…
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Reusable scope in windows firewall

Windows firewall has the concept of scope wherein a scope can be a list of IP blocks, or a predefined "set" (e.g.: localsubnet, gateway, WINS, etc.) Is there a way to modify and/or create a custom "set" which can be reused in multiple rules and…
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How to modify Azure VM firewall rule for remote desktop

On an Azure VM I edited the Windows Firewall rule "RemoteDesktop-UserMode-In-TCP" so that only our Remote IP address was allowed access. In order to do this I also had to select General > Action > Allow the connection if it is secure. For some…
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How to log Windows Advanced Firewall rule matches?

One server should accept connection to certain a port from only one IP. However it accepts this connection from any IP even without any explicit rules. While manually disabling-enabling each rule to find the offending one would be an option, it is…
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Windows Firewall Blocks GPMC

Found out that my Server 2008 R2 machine is not running firewall as it should. When I enable the firewall and try to open GPMC it states that it is unable to access the GPMC or the Primary Domain Controller. I am doing all of this on the Primary…
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Firewall ports for Serv-U Server - Windows Server 2008 R2

I am trying to set up Serv-U on Windows Server 2008 R2, but am unable to get the ports working in the Windows Firewall. I also don't have a domain pointing at this server at the moment, as we are just using it as a test server at the moment, this…
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Microsoft Message Analyzer and Windows Advanced Firewall ipsec tunnel packet sniffing

I am trying to view connections or attempted connections in windows advanced firewall. I have tried using the Windows Firewall Service provider however the trace does not return anything. Any ideas?
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Opening a port to only one external ip address

I want my port 2255 on 192.168.1.101 to accept and send packets only from and to 74.22.22.22 What settings needs to be added on the windows firewall and my router?
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How does TeamViewer get through my firewall even though I set it to "No incoming connections"?

Here is my firewall settings: Clearly, firewall is on for both private and public networks and it is set to "Block all connections including programs on the list of allowed programs". I did not explicitly add TeamViewer to the list and I would…
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Making programs use internet proxy settings

I have a work laptop where everything connecting to the internet goes through a proxy, which is :. The only applications that work are Internet Explorer and Chrome. I downloaded cygwin, and was able to get it to download all the packages I wanted…
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Firewall rules to allow Hyper V Manager to connect to Hyper V Server 2012 R2?

I moved a Hyper V host into our Servers OU in Active Directory, which has some group policies linked. Now I am unable to connect to the Hyper V host with Hyper V manager. It was working fine before I moved the computer account in AD, so it must be…
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How do I open the firewall for my monitoring software to access WMI?

I have a SQL Server machine and a monitoring machine, and I need the monitoring software on the monitor host to be able to read the WMI data on the SQL Server host. (The monitoring software is RedGate SQL Monitor). Both machines are running Windows…
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Mock proxy server on local (With fiddler and windows firewall)

My clients are using a proxy server on their corporation,and I want to set up dev environment for testing development related to proxy issues. So, I want to set up a proxy server which blocks all port 80 requests, unless the request is requested by…
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connections blocked to remote computer while no user logged on windows 7

A have a bunch of computers, all in the same OU, that are not contactable over the LAN (no pinging, no c$, no computer management, no SCCM connection) while the computer is not being used. The minute a user logs in, the computers are contactable…
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