Questions tagged [windows-firewall]
Windows Firewall is a basic port filter built into Microsoft Windows, starting with Windows XP SP2.
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In Windows 11 firewall default setting, why are there two identical rules for ICMP, and what does (restrictive) in rule names mean?
I am currently looking into the default firewall configuration after a fresh install of Windows 11 Enterprise 25H2 with all available patches applied at the time of writing. There is no other software ...
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Program in WSL cannot resolve DNS, given mirrored networking mode and the host's firewall blocking arbitrary Outbound connections
In Windows 11 24H2 (64-bit), Windows Firewall is configured to block arbitrary Outbound Connections. That said, any program that wants to access the Internet must be specifically added to the Firewall'...
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PowerShell Get-NetFirewallRule takes over 3 minutes on domain-joined Server Core
I'm working on a PowerShell script to query all active firewall rules on a domain-joined Windows Server 2022 Core machine.
The command I'm using is:
Get-NetFirewallRule | Where-Object {$_.Enabled -eq &...
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How to block all outbound connections except web browser using Windows Firewall?
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By default, the integrated Windows 10 Firewall allows ALL outbound connections. This seems crazy to me.
I want to block ALL outbound traffic and whitelist only those few programs which really ...
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Windows 7 LAN access to Windows 11 stopped working - steps to get it connecting again
BACKGROUND: I added a Win 11 machine to my wired Ethernet LAN and everything worked as expected: DHCP assigned IP address, connected to the Internet and I could use VNC from Windows 7 to operate the ...
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How to force the browser (Chrome) to refresh DNS from OS Level (Windows)? [duplicate]
I’m feeling quite desperate and would really appreciate some help. I'm currently trying to block certain domains using Windows Firewall rules.
$fqdn = 'example.com'
$id = '{' + (New-Guid).ToString() +...
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Why won't some IP ranges work in Windows Firewall rules?
I'm trying to block all outbound traffic to most remote IPs except for 2 ranges.
Since the default behavior for outbound traffic is to allow everything, I need a block rule to block everything except ...
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Documentation for Windows's native firewall?
On the Windows's native firewall, when using GUI to add/modify a rule, in the "Scope" tab, "Remote IP address", when can use some predefined values. For example "Local subnet&...
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udp packets not received between peer win 10 hosts, but DO arrive if sender on same host
I am a networking newbie!
Nothing fancy here. Hosts on same subnet (192.168.1.6 and 192.168.1.26)
Using Hercules Setup to send/receive UDP messages on both hosts.
a. Running two instances of Hercules ...
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How to access Rust server from the local network?
I am running this Rust server on Win 11 PC. The log says that it is running at 127.0.0.1:53932. If I go to http://127.0.0.1:53932/healthz on the same PC, I get Ok, which means it works OK.
Now I try ...
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Why did the ChatGPT desktop app add these Windows Firewall entries?
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Why do I have 4 entries for the official ChatGPT desktop app in my Windows Firewall? I tested disabling the entries and the ChatGPT app still works... If you have the ChatGPT app ...
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How to view location access detailed information in Windows 11?
Using event viewer and resource monitor I am trying to find the exact details of what is constantly checking my location and how to stop it.
Example: Recently a dev of a web app (a PWA app he mentions)...
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How to reload GPO Windows firewall after modification by Poweshell using e.g. New-NetFirewallRule or Set-NetFirewallRule
If you make any modification to the GPO Windows firewall rules with the Powershell module NetSecurity using e.g. command New-NetFirewallRule or Set-NetFirewallRule the changes are not applied ...
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filtered port with windows firewall
Under Windows server 2022, I've blocked port 21 UDP/TCP (I do not use it anyway !!)
But:
nmap -SV <my_server>
still continues to give me :
PORT STATE SERVICE
21/tcp filtered ftp
why ?...
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Use windows 11 to forward traffic between 2 LANs
I have Windows 11 with IP addresses 192.168.72.100, 192.168.10.113, connected to two LANs:
192.168.10.1/24
192.168.72.1/24
From a host on 192.168.10.1/24, I would like to ping, and http/vnc to machine ...
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