#windows-firewall

Solution: What can be done to properly re-enable the Windows Firewall on a domain? #programming #dev #fix

What can be done to properly re-enable the Windows Firewall on a domain? BACKGROUND/RESEARCH

I honestly believe that questions like this one: Using GPO in Active Directory domain to force workstations Windows Firewall to disabled – how? existed because Windows Admins in general were taught long ago that:

“the easiest thing to do when dealing with a domain computer is to just have a GPO on the…

How-to: Inbound Windows Firewall Core Networking Rules #solution #programming #answer

Inbound Windows Firewall Core Networking Rules

I’ve just purchase a Windows Server 2008 R2 VPS plan and I was alarmed to see the default configuration had Windows firewall disabled. I’ve enabled the firewall and disabled most of the inbound rules, but I have some uncertainty about the rules in the Core Networking category. I know that I don’t want DHCP in, so I’ve disabled both the IP4 and IP6…

Solution: How do I block all outgoing ports in Windows XP firewall? #computers #development #answer

How do I block all outgoing ports in Windows XP firewall?

The built-in Windows firewall seems to only block incoming ports, but not any outgoing traffic.

I am looking for an application to install on an xp machine which can be configured a way to block all outgoing connection attempts.

I want to still allow incoming connection attempts on a few ports for testing.

Answer [by afrazier]: How do I…

Answer: Whats the difference between local and remote addresses in 2008 firewall address #solution #it #programming

Whats the difference between local and remote addresses in 2008 firewall address

In the firewall advanced security manager/Inbound rules/rule property/scope tab you have two sections to specify local ip addresses and remote ip addresses.

What makes an address qualify as a local or remote address and what difference does it make?

This question is pretty obvious with a normal setup, but now that…

Fixed: Whats the difference between local and remote addresses in 2008 firewall address #answer #programming #computers

Whats the difference between local and remote addresses in 2008 firewall address

In the firewall advanced security manager/Inbound rules/rule property/scope tab you have two sections to specify local ip addresses and remote ip addresses.

What makes an address qualify as a local or remote address and what difference does it make?

This question is pretty obvious with a normal setup, but now that…

Resolved: Blocking web sites with Windows Firewall #it #answer #solution

Blocking web sites with Windows Firewall

Is it possible to use Windows Firewall to block specific web sites for all browsers?

Answer [by Randolf Richardson]: Blocking web sites with Windows Firewall

Possibly, depending on which version of Windows you’re using, although I don’t recall ever seeing any such options.

It’s probably easier to just add entries into your…

Resolved: Auto Forward mails to gmail from Outlook #programming #fix #it

Auto Forward mails to gmail from Outlook

I have a highly secured computer windows server 2003 where my outlook express is configured, i want to forward all the mails coming from Outlook to gmail. I put some auto forward rule in outlook but its not working. (May be auto forwarding is disabled).

I can forward mails manually.

Is there anyway to get rid off this problem?

Answer [by Codebeef]: Auto…

Fixed: Windows Advanced Firewall: What does "Edge Traversal" mean? #dev #answer #solution

Windows Advanced Firewall: What does "Edge Traversal" mean?

this should be a really simple one:

In Advanced Windows Firewall on Windows Server 2008+, Properties > Advanced, what does “Edge Traversal” mean?

I Googled it, of course, and was unable to come up with a concrete answer, and I was especially shocked to see the following on Thomas Schinder’s blog:

The Edge traversal option is an…