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Windows 8 - Firewall Issues from Command Line
I created the following script basically to block absolutely everything and only allow through what I want, however it's not allowing through what I like in regards to the internet. Can anyone see an ...
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Block Inbound TCP Traffic For All IPs w/ Exceptions Using netsh
Trying to figure out a way to do this:
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ES 9500 (Block)" dir=in
action=block protocol=TCP localport=9500
netsh advfirewall firewall
add rule ...
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Preventing logon type 2 and 3 attacks on VPS
Sorry if this was asked before, but I've looked at other questions and couldn't find a match.
I've been getting a lot of Logon Type 2 and 3 attacks on my Win Server 2008 VPS (from different IPs). ...
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Problems with connecting to TCP server
I have two PCs in the same LAN: "A1" and "A2". There is another PC in a different LAN: "B". A TCP server is listening on machine "B", port 80. From machine "A1", I can connect successfully to machine ...
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L2TP server allows connections through firewall for iPhone/iPad, but not windows
Our L2TP server (running Windows 2008 RRAS) is behind a NAT firewall. I've already verified that it is passing NAT-T. The firewall rules are all set up correctly to pass GRE, IKE, L2TP and there are ...
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Local development server risk: inbound connection [closed]
My local development environment is Windows with xampp/nginx. Yesterday I installed malwarebytes and today when I started my xampp server, I soon find out that there is an inbound connection blocked ...
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WMI: How can I fixe the port?
I need to use WMI for getting some information from my servers. But I have a server in DMZ, so I need to open a port in my firewall. I've searching and I found that WMI uses random port.
How can this ...
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automatically block IP address after many failed login attempts
I am receiving a lot of failed login attempts (1 per sec) on a Windows 2008 server, I have already set local security policy to automatically lock an account after too many login attempts, but is ...
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Windows firewall - let an application only access 2 ips (outbound)
How do I create a Windows firewall rule that lets application X only open connections (outbound) to two ip addresses, while blocking everything else?
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Send Magic packet from Fortinet Firewall
Is it possible to send a magic packet (WOL) from a fortinet firewall? I read the manual but couldn't find anything, just wondering if anyone achieved something similar.
I'm connecting through an ...
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1answer
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Printing to a remote printer through the internet
I have a remote network (A) that is connected to a head office (B) through a private network.
Network A only has 1 PC that requires the connection, and this is into a terminal server at network B.
We ...
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Free firewall for Windows Server 2003 [closed]
We have a Windows Server 2003 R2 Machine here at work that I need to ensure is accessible only from specific set of IP Addresses. The Server is on a LAN and I am aware that one of the possible ...
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DNS through Cisco VPN
We have a Cisco ASA providing a VPN gateway for users. Currently when users VPN'n from outside the network they can access file servers from their IP addresses but the shares do not response via share ...
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Connecting To FMS Server Issues
I am trying to get my computer to connect to an Adobe Connect server but I have had no luck. The error that Adobe is telling me is "ERROR: FMS Server did not return correctly!" and have done some ...
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What ports do I need to open up on my Win 2k12 server for MSSQL Express 2008?
I'm running Microsoft SQL Express 2008 on a Windows 2012 Server box. Got everything work, and I even manage to connect with the firewall down. But I dont really want the firewall turned off at all ...
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1answer
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Cannot connect to nginx on EC2, when it's configured on port different than 80,8090,443
I am trying to connect Nginx on EC2 instance (Windows 2008) by using a port "1234".
While nginx configured on port 80, 443, 8090 it works fine, but when I use some different port - I could not connect ...
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Logging windows connections with netsh
I am trying to enable connection logging with netsh on Vista x64, as shown in this MSDN Article about Firewall troubleshooting...
First, I enabled logging of allowed connections to ...
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Large number of failed RDP login attempts
I've seen this same question discussed for unix style servers- such as here Is it normal to get hundreds of break-in attempts per day?
But I would like to know if there is a similar recommendation ...
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Assign VPN users to Domain Network
How can I assign VPN users (provided using NPS) to the Domain Network in firewall/network center settings?
Currently connection occurs only when I assign a particular rule to the Public network ...
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Network connectivity requirements for Active Directory forest
We have multi domain Active Directory forest with a few external trusts. Let's say we have forest root domain named company.com and a few child domains in that forest - subsidiary1.com, ...
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Windows firewall logging. Log file is always blank
I have read many similar articles and posts on how to enable windows firewall logging. I have Win2k8r2 server without any Active Directory, DC, domains and other complicated stuff. Almost all of this ...
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How can I close all ports in windows firewall when they are set to be open by a domain policy? [closed]
All I get in windows firewall is:
"For your security some setitngs are managed by your network administrator"
(I'm local admin)
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Tunneling a specific IP and port from server A to server B
This is our situation, we want traffic that comes in to our server A ip to be sent(tunneled) to a specific ip on server B, and accept replies coming back from server B to server A. How can this be ...
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How to drop RST packets?
Is it possible to filter all outgoing TCP packets with RST flag on Windows Server 2003 using IPSec utility from "Support tools"?
Article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813878
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windows firewall - how much delay introduce, how safe to turn off?
I have a server that used for high-frequency trading. That means that even 0.1 ms is important.
I have up to 10 MBit/s data traffic.
I need certain UDP ports to be opened because I receive data via ...
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Disabling Windows Server 2008 firewall
I applied a Windows firewall rule that blocks all tcp connection and thus kicked myself out of remote desktop on a dedicated server. I managed to get into recovery via VNC, which is basically a ...
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Replication of Read only DC over firewall help?
I have two domain controllers in two separate VLANs. One of the DC(domain controllers) is win 2003 and other win 2008 r2.Win 2008 r2 is Read only Domain controller and in the same domain as win ...
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Port 22 is closed even with Firewall turned off [closed]
I'm trying to open port 22 on my local machine (Windows 7 32 bit). I'm using a web tool to check if my port is open. It says that port 22 is closed. So I disabled firewall to see if it causes port to ...
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1answer
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Configure SQLServer 2000 Win7 [closed]
I've got SQL Server 2000 running on Win7. There's no management tools so I wonder how do I configure/interact with the server. Main purpose for me is to enable remote connections. I know how to do ...
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3answers
272 views
Best way to secure a Windows VPS
I plan to run a web server on a Windows VPS. I want to secure the machine with a firewall, and I thought to open only ports 80 and 3389 (to connect with RDP). Is this a good choice? And what do you ...
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TCP/IP ports necessary for CIFS/SMB operation
If I want to allow Windows networked drives between two firewalled computers, do I need to open ports 137-139, or is port 445 sufficient? I have to submit a form and get approval to open firewall ...
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Forward port on same machine?
I'm trying to forward an existing port for an application which can only listen on one port.
The problem is the program and the firewall is on the same computer (Windows Server 2008 R2).
For ...
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Can't make remote desktop connection on Windows 2008 server
I have two servers in my local LAN. One with Windows 2003 and one with Windows 2008 server.
Also I have a static IP assigned to My ADSL modem. In my modem control panel I defined some virtual server ...
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Firewall management in Windows Web Server 2008
I've been trying for hours to block a single port(sql server) from remote access. In linux a single line of iptables command would be enough. In 2008 i couldn't manage to make it happen.
The ...
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Windows XP batch file to block all incoming and outgoing traffic
Is it possible to block all incoming and outgoing traffic on a Windows XP host via batch file?
Bonus question, I only want to allow 1 outgoing port and all traffic going over that port.
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Internet safety to protect children on a small network
I support a local organisation which works with school children. The organisation has 15 Vista and Windows 7 desktops, all joined to the same workgroup. All the computers simply connect to a wireless ...
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Why would the servers network type change from Private to Public?
Just found a fault with a server, other users have had problems connecting to it. The setting on the network card had changed from Private (domain) network to Public (the other option being Home).
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What should I consider to secure SVN on Windows? [closed]
Currently I am using VisualSVN Server and it's only accessible on my home network. Eventually there will be others accessing it, but for now it's just me and I would like to be able to go down to the ...
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378 views
Windows Server 2008 Firewall alternative with IPS options? [closed]
What is good substitute for windows server 2008 firewall with some Intrusion Prevention System Options?
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How to create a Windows 2008 Advanced Firewall rules group definition through the command prompt
Is there a way to create a group, or add to an existing group, to a rule in Windows Advanced Firewall (preferable through a command prompt or WSH script).
Edit:
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Filezilla client unable to get directory listing from Filezilla Server (Windows)
I've set up a self signed certificate in FileZilla server and enabled FTP over SSL/TPS. When I connect from the client FileZilla, I am able to authenticate but cannot get a directory listing:
Status: ...
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Determine if user has hotfix # 981889 installed?
I want to know if a particular computer has MS HotFix #981889 installed. To do that I check file versions. This page lists file versions that the hotfix deals with. However, I cannot figure out:
Do ...
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How to enable windows shares with iptables?
I have an OpenVPN server on CentOS5, where I would like to enable Windows shares through the VPN.
When I try to access a Windows share then noting happens. No errors or anything.
My iptables rules ...
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3answers
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How can I demonstrate the importance of OS-level firewall?
I've come across some Windows administrators that are disabling Windows Firewall because "it makes troubleshooting more complicated".
The systems are protected by firewall appliances at the edge. ...
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Remote desktop protocol implementation
I'm trying to find the best network solution for my own remote desktop application only for Windows (XP above) and I have the following requirements:
First of all, the application should work, let's ...
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Svchost.exe and lsass.exe listening to non-system ports, event 861
One of the workstations we have had it's security log full. The reason to that was constantly appearing event 861, that is Widows Firewall blocks processes svchost.exe and lsass.exe from listening to ...
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Block all communication from a list of IP addresses
Is there any firewall(preferred some free :) ) that can block all communication from all ip addresses except from some IP's coming from a particular location...
i basically want to block DDOS attack ...
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windows 2008 remote access, a better way to open FW for dynamic IP
I need to access to a remote SQL-Server database on a Windows 2008 Std Server. The administrator told me they can open my IP on FW but, I have a dynamic IP.
Do you know another simple way to access ...
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Enabling WMI and corresponding firewall exception via a Group Policy Object
Hey guys,
I have tried enabling WMI on my local domain using a group policy object which sets the service as on at startup. In addition i added an exception for it via the windows firewall policy ...
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Access to SQL server based on Windows group membership AND vlan location
I want to give access SQL 2008 R2 server for all users who logon from the production VLAN but only to one group when packet comes from the development VLAN. SQL server is within production LAN.Does ...
