How do you add a system service exception to the windows xp
professional sp2 firewall. Just like the "File and Printer Sharing" or
"Remote Desktop" preconfigured exceptions. Thanks!

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> How do you add a system service exception to the windows xp
> professional sp2 firewall. Just like the "File and Printer Sharing" or
> "Remote Desktop" preconfigured exceptions. Thanks!

Group policy?

No to group policy.

You have to know the protocol (IE. TCP/UDP/IP etc) and the port it uses,
then you understand the exceptions area of the firewall. Personally I use the
firewall in my antivirus for that. I turn Windows firewall off. The Windows
firewall ships wide open and all the hacks know which ports are available.
--
William D. Jackson


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> > How do you add a system service exception to the windows xp
> > professional sp2 firewall. Just like the "File and Printer Sharing" or
> > "Remote Desktop" preconfigured exceptions. Thanks!
>
> Group policy?
>
>
>

On Apr 2, 10:19 am, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwe...@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote:
> ryanm...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > How do you add a system service exception to the windows xp
> > professional sp2 firewall. Just like the "File and Printer Sharing" or
> > "Remote Desktop" preconfigured exceptions. Thanks!
>
> Group policy?

I can't find any documentation anywhere to add it under the group
policy editor. Do you know of any?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> On Apr 2, 10:19 am, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwe...@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote:
>> ryanm...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> How do you add a system service exception to the windows xp
>>> professional sp2 firewall. Just like the "File and Printer Sharing"
>>> or "Remote Desktop" preconfigured exceptions. Thanks!
>>
>> Group policy?
>
> I can't find any documentation anywhere to add it under the group
> policy editor. Do you know of any?

See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/abo...ps_083105.mspx
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true

William <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

<snip>

> The Windows firewall ships wide open

What exactly do you mean?

>and all
> the hacks know which ports are available.
>
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>>> How do you add a system service exception to the windows xp
>>> professional sp2 firewall. Just like the "File and Printer Sharing"
>>> or "Remote Desktop" preconfigured exceptions. Thanks!
>>
>> Group policy?

On Apr 4, 12:10 pm, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwe...@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote:
> William <Will...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > The Windows firewall ships wide open
>
> What exactly do you mean?
>
>
>
> >and all
> > the hacks know which ports are available.
>
> >> ryanm...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >>> How do you add a system service exception to the windows xp
> >>> professional sp2 firewall. Just like the "File and Printer Sharing"
> >>> or "Remote Desktop" preconfigured exceptions. Thanks!
>
> >> Group policy?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks for the links. But neither of them helped. I want to create a
"System Service Exception" for the firewall. If you open up the
exceptions list of Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2003 SP2 you will see a
"File and Printer Sharing" item in the list. This is setup by default.
If you edit it you will see it has a list of ports (4 in total)
associated with it. The dialog title is "Edit a Service". I would like
to create one of these. So I can have 1 item in the exception list
that is linked to multiple ports. The only think I have been able to
find out is that they are called a "System Service Exception" but
can't figure out how to create them.

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> On Apr 4, 12:10 pm, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwe...@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote:
>> William <Will...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> The Windows firewall ships wide open
>>
>> What exactly do you mean?
>>
>>
>>
>>> and all
>>> the hacks know which ports are available.
>>
>>>> ryanm...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>> How do you add a system service exception to the windows xp
>>>>> professional sp2 firewall. Just like the "File and Printer
>>>>> Sharing" or "Remote Desktop" preconfigured exceptions. Thanks!
>>
>>>> Group policy?- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Thanks for the links. But neither of them helped. I want to create a
> "System Service Exception" for the firewall. If you open up the
> exceptions list of Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2003 SP2 you will see a
> "File and Printer Sharing" item in the list. This is setup by default.
> If you edit it you will see it has a list of ports (4 in total)
> associated with it. The dialog title is "Edit a Service". I would like
> to create one of these. So I can have 1 item in the exception list
> that is linked to multiple ports. The only think I have been able to
> find out is that they are called a "System Service Exception" but
> can't figure out how to create them.

Did you look in your policy editor?