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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 I disable the Base Filtering Service in Windows 2012 for isolating a fault?

I've got an ongoing problem with Windows 2012 incoming connections (I won't go into that now as its on another question). However to do some on-site testing. I believe I need to disable the Base Filtering Engine and dependent IPSec and firewall…
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How to block via Windows 2008 R2 firewall based on workstation's name?

over 8GB of traffic from a workstation named KHAOSSERVER has occurred since yesterday; in the Security Event Log are records like this: An account failed to log on. Subject: Security ID: NULL SID Account Name: - Account Domain: …
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MSE changed windows firewall settings and win server 2008 r2 can not be access by it's name anymore

i have installed Microsoft Security Essentials on Win server 2008 R2 and it modified the Windows firewall, this caused an access problem, win server 2008 R2 can not be accessed by it's name anymore and i turned Public Networks off on firewall, now i…
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Unable to turn on firewall on domain controller

On my domain controller (Server 2008 RTM SP2), the firewall is on for Private and Public profile, but it is of for Domain Profile. I'd like to turn it on, but when I click on Windows Firewall Properties in Server Manager, the Firewall state displays…
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Can't open port 211 on Windows Server 2003

I have a windows 2003 server VPS and have installed Projetex Server on it. Apparently, it uses Firebird as the database on port 211. However, my client connection attempts were unsuccessful - with the clients just reporting that port 211 is closed.…
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Securing network: Windows XP 64 bit Professional

For a small office network (e.g. 6 machines on LAN), using Windows XP 64 bit Professional as the OS on the server machine, I want to enable sharing of files on the server machine NTFS hard-drive (quite an obvious requirement of a server machine).…
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Restrict Outbound Connections of a Windows Server 2008 NAT Router

I am setting up a Windows Server 2008 R2 lab environment in VMWare workstation and attempting where possible to use Windows Server 2008 R2 to implement machines that serve specific roles within that environment. Using the "Network Policy and Access…
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windows firewall - how much delay introduce, how safe to turn off?

I have a server that used for high-frequency trading. That means that even 0.1 ms is important. I have up to 10 MBit/s data traffic. I need certain UDP ports to be opened because I receive data via multicast. Now I don't know what should I do: just…
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Rdp over wireguard. Port security

I have a wireguard server on the cloud. Then I have several peers. I want to connect one pc (peer #1) to another pc (peer #2) via RDP, using the wireguard server in order to leave port 3389 closed to the internet. What I did: I restricted inbound…
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I block ports using firewall still they are accessed

I am using Avast firewall. I blocked ports from 1024 to 55535 yet I see apps established connection on ports in that range. As you can see on the screenshot, the machine is making mirror connection. Is this a malware or any kind of…
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I can access FTP site from Windows 10 Host Pc but not from my Virtual Machine on VMWare

On my host PC with Windows 10 I installed IIS + FTP Service (NOT FTP Extensibility). Using WinSCP software I can access this FTP site from my public static IP. I cannot access my FTP site if it is hosted on virtual machine (Windows Server 2019) on…
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Running PORT exposure on Microsoft Server

So this is admittedly a very n00b question on Microsoft Server, so please assume basic knowledge and be kind :). I do, however, feel I have a good knowledge of Linux networking concepts, but I am failing miserably with Microsoft. So, I am attempting…
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Ports 80 and 88 still open after closing them on windows server 2019

I have closed ports 80 and 88 on Widows Server 2019 using the firewall (inbound rule), but the ports are still listening. Why those ports are still open and listening after I closed them with firewall? Thank you in advanced,
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Lost RDP session on gcp VM(windows server 2016) afer changing firewall settings

I lost my RDP session after setting up some firewall settings on my GCP windows VM and now that is unreachable via IP or RDP or URL. I tried pinging that IP but request timed out. Can someone please help?
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Allowing only one server to access SQL via Windows firewall not working

I'm trying to configure my Win server firewall to only allow connections to SQL from our app server. I've even changed the port to a non-deafult. It works fine so that the app server can access it, but I can also access SQL from my own machine when…
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