How to add a System Service Exception (Windows XP Firewall)

[ryanmhuc]

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!

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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?

 

[Guest]

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.

 

[ryanmhuc]

Group policy?

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

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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/abouttn/flash/tips/tips_083105.mspx
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...6c06-4304-b61c-5577af1445d01033.mspx?mfr=true

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

The Windows firewall ships wide open

What exactly do you mean?

 

[ryanmhuc]

What exactly do you mean?




- 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.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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?