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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Cannot connect to Remote Desktop from difference subnet

I have a problem about Remote Desktop on Hyper-V Server 2012 R2. I cannot connect to Remote Desktop from a different subnet. The server is multihomed with two NICs, one connects to the public network and another connect to the corporate network. The…
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Firewall is Enabled after Server is Moved to New OU

I am experiencing an issue with Windows Firewall via Group Policy on Windows SBS 2008. When moving any machine, physical or virtual, from our primary SBSComputers OU to our SBSServers OU (no parent/child relationship to one another, both children…
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How can I block the SMB (445/tcp) port on Windows 2012R2 Data Center?

I've got an interesting software configuration (Alfresco CIFS) that requires me to block access to the Windows SMB port for proper operation. I tried adding a new inbound firewall rule at the top that blocks 445/tcp, but it seems to be ignored. If…
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Firewall Rule One way smb in two network

Im trying to make an one way smb firewall rule in a MikroTik firewall rule The thing is I have two network one on 192.168.1.0/24 and one 192.168.3.0/24 192.168.3.0 is the network that should be able to access the smb's on the 192.168.1.0/24…
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authenticated bypass firewall

We currently use Windows Firewall to restrict RDS access to a hosted server by IP address on port 3389. We use Server 2008 Enterprise and it's really our only option since it's hosted by a 3rd party. We need to allow authenticated bypass rules for…
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Connection failed between Windows Servers

I'm setting up an infrastructure based on Windows Server 2012. The firewall is turned off and I can't access the Domain controller to check for the group policy. I'm experiencing some connection problem between servers. All the servers are running a…
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Windows 2008 r2 firewall rdp rule and linux rdesktop

I have a production Windows 2008 R2 server, and my workstation is Gentoo linux (kernel 3.12.13). I used to connect to server with rdesktop. Now I want to restrict the windows firewall rule for rdp (built-in rule) to allow connections from certain…
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can I reset the windows 7 public firewall profile defaults?

suppose I change something in the public firewall profile. (whether in the "windows firewall with advanced security screen" or in the "allow programs to communicate through windows firewall" screen can I reset the windows 7 public firewall profile…
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Windows Firewall blocked port - redirect to webpage

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 Stadard VM. I've learned how to block a port by accessing Windows Firewall With Advanced Security and adding a New Rule. Is there a way to redirect traffic to a webpage when traffic tries to access a blocked port?
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Why does GPO for firewall inbound connections still allows change from "Block (Default)" to "Block all connections"

I found an interesting issue where I set a GPO to control the firewall policy to "Block (default)" the inbound connections, however that setting is not completely enforced. It still allows an administrator to alter it from "Block (default)" to…
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Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop firewall rules when alternate port is used

Out of the box Windows Server 2012 has 2 firewall rules related to Remote Desktop - 1 for TCP, another for UDP. Both rules specify %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe on "Programs and Services" tab. Both rules are enabled. This server is on Amazon EC2…
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Disable "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" for all profiles(Domain,Public,Standard) in local GP using script help! Windows 7 Clients

We need Windows7 with windows firewall to be turned off , so the GOLD image has windows firewall turned off for all profiles(Domain,Public,Standard) and Windows Service disabled No the same GOLD image deployed with MDT (Apply local GPO) has enabled…
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firewall inbound rule for rdp port

I have added an inbound rule for port 3389 to allow rdp access only for certain remote ip's. Even after doing so, i am able to rd my server from an ip that is not added in the rule. Please guide me why is this happening.?
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IP setting for client computers accessing internet via a firewall/router

I am a bit of a noob, I have a sbs server and client computers connected to a switch that is then connected to a firewall/router. The sbs server creates private ip address for the client computers, my question is when the client computers connect to…
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Determining which service Windows Firewall is blocking?

I'm working on setting up a hardened application server with the Windows Firewall enabled. OS is 2008 R2. We're using the Advanced firewall settings and have IPSec and Kerberos authentication if it matters. One of my other hosts (192.168.100.21)…
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