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Thomas Wiedmann

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 12:05 pm
Post subject: Locking a port on the Windows firewall
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Hello,

how can the firewall of Windows XP prof. be configured to lock a certain
port (and to ensure, that all other ports are still open)?
Reason: The port should be locked for a certain application.

Thomas Wiedmann
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Shenan Stanley

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 12:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Locking a port on the Windows firewall [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Thomas Wiedmann wrote:
> how can the firewall of Windows XP prof. be configured to lock a
> certain port (and to ensure, that all other ports are still open)?
> Reason: The port should be locked for a certain application.

Lock? You mean close? Or open?

It's easy enough to add exceptions to the Windows Firewall (incoming only -
the windows firewall lets you communicate out without limits.) Just add an
exception if you want a given port opened. You can do it by application or
by specified port #.

If that is not what you want - please research a bit (given what you now
know) and come back and ask more (with more details) if needed.

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Thomas Wiedmann

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:05 am
Post subject: Re: Locking a port on the Windows firewall [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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> Lock? You mean close? Or open?
Yes, close.

>
> It's easy enough to add exceptions to the Windows Firewall (incoming
> only - the windows firewall lets you communicate out without limits.)
> Just add an exception if you want a given port opened. You can do it by
> application or by specified port #.
Just vice versa - I'd like to permit, i. e. open, all ports except one,
which has to be closed. How to configure this effectively?

Thomas Wiedmann
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Geoff

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:11 am
Post subject: Re: Locking a port on the Windows firewall [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:45:23 +0200, "Thomas Wiedmann" <th.wm.TakeThisOut@gmx.de>
wrote:

>> Lock? You mean close? Or open?
>Yes, close.
>
>>
>> It's easy enough to add exceptions to the Windows Firewall (incoming
>> only - the windows firewall lets you communicate out without limits.)
>> Just add an exception if you want a given port opened. You can do it by
>> application or by specified port #.
>Just vice versa - I'd like to permit, i. e. open, all ports except one,
>which has to be closed. How to configure this effectively?
>
>Thomas Wiedmann

In the network settings Advanced properties Windows firewall settings,
exceptions tab. You can locate your application and turn off the
checkbox for it. This should disable the application's ability to open
a port unless that application is a client or uses ephemeral ports for
outbound connections.
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John John - MVP

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:05 am
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Thomas Wiedmann wrote:
>> Lock? You mean close? Or open?
> Yes, close.
>
>>
>> It's easy enough to add exceptions to the Windows Firewall (incoming
>> only - the windows firewall lets you communicate out without limits.)
>> Just add an exception if you want a given port opened. You can do it
>> by application or by specified port #.
> Just vice versa - I'd like to permit, i. e. open, all ports except one,
> which has to be closed. How to configure this effectively?

What's the sense of this? You may as well just disable the firewall,
for all intents and purposes what you want to do will practically have
the same effect! If this requirement is for one application then you
should just have the firewall allow the application to open ports as needed.

John
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MarkD

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Since: Dec 20, 2007
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:01 am
Post subject: RE: Locking a port on the Windows firewall [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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yes 1389 port

"Thomas Wiedmann" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> how can the firewall of Windows XP prof. be configured to lock a certain
> port (and to ensure, that all other ports are still open)?
> Reason: The port should be locked for a certain application.
>
> Thomas Wiedmann
>
>
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