SP2 & Windows Firewall Configuration Methods

[Chris Sharp]

Hello All,
I've seen methods for preconfiguring the Firewall settings of SP2 using the
deploy tools use of the answer file, i.e. unattend.txt winnt.sif, etc., as
well as using the MS management console (MMC) to configure firewall settings
via GPO, but isn't there a method exporting the settings you customize (post
SP2 install) to a file to be used as a 'firewall template' for your
computing environment? Thanks for any addititional info.

-ChrisPSharp

 

[Patrick J. LoPresti]

I assume you have already read "Deploying Windows Firewall Settings
for Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2":

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4454e0e1-61fa-447a-bdcd-499f73a637d1

If you are using Group Policy, can't you use that to push your
"firewall template" across your domain?

Myself, I just script our configuration with "netsh firewall"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?id=875357#13).

- Pat
http://unattended.sourceforge.net/