Server Fault Stack Exchange
Server Fault Stack Exchange

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.

Windows Firewall Logo

"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.

460 questions
1
vote
0 answers

What could be blocking port 80 after port sniffing on standard install of Windows Server 2008 R2?

We have hundreds of clients all over the country who are able to access our website without any problems, but one cannot access our website (guess what, it's a big client!). Their network support company had a look and they managed to recreate…
John King
  • 19
  • 1
1
vote
3 answers

How do I turn off Windows 7 Firewall via script or through automation?

This is in regards to working on machines before joining the machine to a domain and although I would love to rely on GPO, that isn't an option at this time. In the environment I'm working in, the firewall policy is to use a 3rd party Firewall app…
CIA
  • 1,604
  • 2
  • 13
  • 32
1
vote
1 answer

External Network Adapter Location Domain instead of Public

Running a Windows 2012 Server as a DC/DNS/DHCP/RRAS (NAT) in a 2 nic environment where 1 is public and one is private. Server sees both nics as part of the domain... this is quite unpleasant since I would like to take advantage of the different…
Theveloper
  • 164
  • 2
  • 11
1
vote
2 answers

Windows Azure VM - cannot set remote IP address restriction using windows firewall

I have successfully configured a SQL 2008 VM in Azure, added an end point which maps through to port 1433 and set up a windows firewall rule for inbound traffic to connect to SQL server. The next setting I wanted to apply was to limit the remote IP…
Gavin Sinai
  • 111
  • 3
1
vote
0 answers

Windows Server: can't connect to File&Print services through PPTP VPN

We have setup a simple VPN server with PPTP enabled and have forwarded correct PPTP 1723 port and GRE 47 on plain Windows Server 2008(NOT R2). Now when I am trying to connect from any VPN client ie: Windows 7 or XP it connects fine and I can PING…
Farmi
  • 379
  • 1
  • 4
  • 17
1
vote
3 answers

open IMAP port Windows Firewall

on my windows Server I'd like to install a imap server. Through HTTP the server is reachable, but if I try to connect using IMAP the server does not respond, instead if I disable the firewall it works fine. The Firewall allows all outgoing…
john84
  • 154
  • 2
  • 9
1
vote
1 answer

DirectAccess Server firewall rules blocking ports

I have configured DirectAccess on my Server 2012 Essentials box and most of it works great - I can remotely access the server via RDP and the default IIS website on port 80. However, I can't access anything that uses other ports. For this example,…
StormFoo
  • 111
  • 1
  • 6
1
vote
0 answers

Setting up Windows Server 2012 Foundation to route all Internet traffic through an OpenVPN connection using RRAS

First of all I'm not (yet) a fully trained IT professional but just a college student so please forgive me if some of the things I'm about to ask might seem "stupid" because the answers are totally obvious to you. I'm almost done setting up a…
Aleksandar Obucina
  • 11
  • 1
  • 3
1
vote
1 answer

Server 2008 Firewall not allowing connection through

Running Server 2008 R2. I'm trying to get a Zabbix agent working. The agent works if I turn off the firewall on the server. For obvious reasons, I don't want to leave the firewall off. As per the Zabbix instructions, I opened inbound TCP ports…
stormdrain
  • 1,439
  • 7
  • 28
  • 52
1
vote
1 answer

Change preset firwall rules on Windows 2012

I'd like to change some preset firewall rules on a Windows 2012 server. I can disable them, rename them, but I didn't found a way to modify them. I want to modify the port number. This is for a special need DNS. I already created a new rule with the…
Bertrand SCHITS
  • 2,922
  • 1
  • 13
  • 15
1
vote
2 answers

Interaction of IPSec and WinPE in MDT 2010 sequence

I'm in the process of enabling IPSec and Windows Advanced Firewall within my organization. We are also using MDT 2010 for OS deployment. This is the first time I've tried a new sysprep and capture process and I'm getting timeouts. More…
Tim Brigham
  • 15,545
  • 10
  • 75
  • 115
1
vote
1 answer

Firewall allow all ports of w3wp.exe

I want to make the firwall take all process of my IIS 7.5 to allow inbound connections, becasue I dont wanna lost my time making each new application, and to do it easier to maintenance. Can I do it? Its a safe option? But when I allow the w3wp.exe,…
Lucas Rodrigues Sena
  • 129
  • 1
  • 6
1
vote
1 answer

Open custom port for IIS windows firewall or group policy

I am running Windows SBS 2011. I have added a web site to IIS using port 8888 and it works perfectly when connecting locally, but not from any other PC on the network (domain). I think I need to open port 8888 on Windows Firewall but the "Change…
Rob King
  • 129
  • 2
  • 4
1
vote
2 answers

Windows AdvFirewall and nmap scans

I come from a Unix background but got the task of configuring a Windows firewall on a public facing server. I find awkward that any nmap scan I perform against the public IP reports all TCP ports from 1 to 65389 as open regardless of the Windows…
manthis
  • 53
  • 5
1
vote
0 answers

Problems configuring winrm without windows firewall

I'm trying to follow this guide to prepare my server to become a chef-client: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Knife+Windows+Bootstrap When I run commands like: C:\> winrm set winrm/config @{MaxTimeoutms="1800000"} I get the following…
BrandonK.
  • 11
  • 3
1 2 3
…
30 31