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Questions tagged [windows-firewall]

Questions referring to the firewall that comes built-in with windows. Use this tag only when referring to the firewall that comes with Windows; Other firewalls that run on Windows should contain the two tags [windows] [firewall] instead.

Questions referring to the firewall that comes built-in with windows. Use this tag only when referring to the firewall that comes with Windows; Other firewalls that run on Windows should contain the two tags instead.

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How to prevent Windows Firewall message popup

I have a simple Web Socket Server Application (SuperWebSocket) which I use to communicate with JavaScript. The idea here is to allow a local application to communicate with a browser. I'm developing this application for Windows 7 & 8 platforms. The…
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UDP hole punching timeout

I need to implement a UDP protocol. The PC has to listen at a dedicated UDP port for incoming packets. It also sends packet (answers). The application runs on Windows XP, 7, 8, .... The Windows firewall blocks incoming packets. This can be…
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How can I add a Windows firewall rule with a custom group name?

I know I can use netsh advfirewall firewall add rule or wf.msc to create new firewall rules; but when I create a rule this way, it will NOT have a groupName and thus I can't manage multiple rules at the same time. Is there a way to specify a…
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Jenkins not accessible with http://:8080 in Windows server 2012

I have installed Jenkins in Windows server 2012 64-bit machine and want to make it available in internal network. I have added --httpListenAddress to 0.0.0.0 and restarted Jenkins and tried to access it with http://hostname:8080 but no page shows…
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WPF application does not ask Firewall for permission

I'm making a WPF application where I use WebCLient to download file from a webserver. When I startup my app in debug mode it asks Firewall for permission and then I allow it to, which make my app works as it should. But in release mode it does not…
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Windows Firewall, Tinywall and GIT

Just finally updated to Win7 from XP. I am using Windows Firewall with added Tinywall (gives more control) But when I use Git Bash, the firewall blocks all commands. If I disable the firewall then everything works OK I cannot figure the proper…
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Delphi 7 Windows Vista/7 Firewall Exception Network Locations

I have this chunk of code which I found and implemented according to http://www.activexperts.com/activmonitor/windowsmanagement/scripts/networking/windowsfirewall/ procedure AddExceptionToFirewall (Caption: String; Executable: String); var …
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How do I fix the "failed to connect" error from Expo / react native?

When I run my expo/react-native project and want to run it on my android phone through the expo go app, it gives me a connection error: "Uncaught Error: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: failed to connect to /192.168.2.18 (port 19000) from…
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How do I allow a .NET Core console app FTP connection through Windows Firewall?

I have a .NET Core console app that downloads files from an FTP server and processes them. I moved the app onto a new server, and it stopped working. Disabling Windows Firewall on the new server solves the problem, but obviously I don't want to…
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does windows firewalls rules have any precedence

Can we change or give any preference to one windows firewall rule over other either manually or programmatically? Actually, I have added a firewall rule which blocks all outbound traffic. Then I have added one more firewall outbound rule with…
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How can I replicate a RPC firewall entry using New-NetFirewallRule in Powershell?

I'm working on a deployment script for Windows Server 2012R2 that has to replicate some firewall enrties. The New-NetFirewallRule cmdlet works fine for simple rules but I'm not able to make this custom one work through powershell : Rule I'm trying…
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Add WSL to Windows Firewall

After launching my Node.js App which also requires BrowserSync everything is working fine and I can access the App via localhost:3000 and the given IPv4 address on the same machine running the app. But I cannot access it from my mobile or any other…
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How do enable internal Azure Services for SQL Azure in c#

How do I enable allowed services : WINDOWS AZURE SERVICES as seen in the Management Portal in c#? _client = new SqlManagementClient(GetSubscriptionCredentials()); var result = _client.Servers.CreateAsync(new ServerCreateParameters …
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Disable the programs ability to add exceptions to windows firewall via the API

This is a problem with Windows Firewall that is very annoying from its introduction. And persist trough several versions of windows. I have two questions: Is it possible to be disabled or at least require confirmation in XP/2003 Server ? Does UAC…
Daniel Iankov
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How to approach whitelisting an app/exe

We have an application that auto-installs upgrades of itself on our customers' (Windows OS/PCs) computers. It is lightweight (650K) and does a very specific task for our customers in helping us collect data for them as part of our overall service to…
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