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What happens if i allow a port in outbound rules ?

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closed as not a real question by Iain♦, ErikA, DJ Pon3, jscott, John Gardeniers Nov 7 '10 at 22:37

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Then, presumably, traffic will be allowed outbound on that port on whatever device this rule resides on.

For a more detailed answer, you're going to need to give a more detailed question.

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well that isn't correct according to microsoft – user59475 Nov 7 '10 at 21:13
@blumar - Citation please? This is pretty simple stuff, so I'd be surprised if I were wrong. – ErikA Nov 7 '10 at 21:36
you are talking about inbound not outbound – user59475 Nov 7 '10 at 21:51
/me goes into "don't feed the troll" mode. – ErikA Nov 7 '10 at 22:54
the answer is: nothing happens, because by default windows server 2008 allows outgoing unless you block it. You are a troll. – user59475 Nov 7 '10 at 23:40
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Access from the Host -> Outbound (usually to the internet) through that port is allowed or blocked..

It can be considered good security to not only lock down inbound ports (External -> Internal) but also lock down outbound ports (Internal -> External)

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you people even know what outbound is ? – user59475 Nov 7 '10 at 21:17
Ummm yes... Perhaps you should explain your question with some more details.. Its easier for use to help you. – Arenstar Nov 7 '10 at 21:20
outgoing is a useless feature that doesn't makes any difference and i want to know why do why they build it inside a firewall, wouldn't be enough just to block stuff, i mean it is rather strange when you are helpless to protect yourself from unknown stuff. What is unknown you can block or can you ? Why would i want to allow it, its just useless and illogical. – user59475 Nov 7 '10 at 21:43
@blumar, sounds like you need to do a bit more reading/research on security in depth. It is a longstanding best practice to use outbound firewall rules (on both network and host-based firewalls) to only allow traffic out that you really need. – ErikA Nov 7 '10 at 21:47
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@blumar - if you intend to come here with the goal of asking deceptive questions, I'm fairly certain that you'll find yourself with a banned account in fairly short order. On the other hand, if you put a good faith effort into asking intelligent, well-articulated, and well-researched questions, you'll be quite surprised at the information that can be gleaned from SF. This will be my last correspondence on this question. – ErikA Nov 8 '10 at 0:14
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