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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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I want to connect to SQL Server Express remotely through windows firewall
I have a VPS windows 2008 with SQL Server Express installed on it. I want to access the SQL Server Express database from my PC. I can access it when I disable windows firewall, otherwise I cannot.
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Windows Server 2008 is blocking IP of some clients
I'm having a very weird situation on my Window Server 2008 R2 hosts.
In these hosts, we have an ASP.NET Application hosted with IIS 7.0.
The problem is that, eventualy, one of the clients' IP is ...
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Blocking IPs that make excessive connections with Windows Firewall
Is it possible to automatically ban IPs that make more than 5 to 10 simultaneous connections using Windows Firewall on Windows Server 2008 R2?
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I'm trying to throttle the traffic of the port ...
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how can connect from client to sql server 2008 via proxy
I have SQL Server 2008 in dedicated server and all port of SQL Server is blocked with firewall.
I have VPS with CCProxy on it.
I opened all ports in dedicated server for my VPS server IP.
I set proxy ...
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Windows Server 2008 IP block using built-in firewall issue
So here's the situation:
I'd like to block one or more IP addresses using native firewall that comes with Windows Server 2008. I opened it, chosen to create a new rule under inbound rules. I choose ...
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Can't connect to ftp port 21
I installed ftp server on Windows 2003, enabled 21 port in Firewall and I can connect "telnet localhost 21" but can't connect "telnet 77.168.0.1 21"
What it can be?
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Firewall can't block?
A certain computer in my LAN has been hammering the Domain Controller with event 4768 (authentication failure). After conferring with the 'owner' of that computer, it's found out that there's a ...
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HTTPS - IIS - Web Pages only Load Locally
Summary of my Situation
I am working with IIS (6.0) running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Deploying an ASP.net website using HTTPS
I have imported certs
Web Pages load/work successfully when ran ...
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port 25 SMTP issue & server was lost in the middle of the transaction
Hello i am using hmailserver for W2008 R2 machine
I could pull my hair off on this.
Request mail from server: OK, sending mail: ISSUE
I can telnet pop3 110 | but cannot telnet port 25
First of all, ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Security Log repeated Audit Failure Entries
We seem to be getting a huge load of entries in our security log with the following details:
The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a connection.
The source IP address and port change for each ...
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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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Is it a valid security decision to protected exposed RDP servers by restricting IP addresses with a firewall?
As you probably all know, new security flaws continue to emerge in RDP for Windows. I have googled and read about this issue, and possible fixes/solutions.
It surprises me that no one mentions, to ...
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Why won't Windows XP firewall use domain settings on boot?
Although my XP workstations are connected to the domain, after booting firewall.cpl reports they're "using non-domain settings".
Official literature tells me it's an issue with the DNS suffix of its ...
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Slow SMB/CIFS to/from Win2008R2 Server
Dell R710 w/ Intel 82576 gigabit NIC (latest Intel drivers). I'm setting up a new Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 & so far I've installed updates & configured the File Services & Web Server ...
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How do I get IIS working and accessible outside my network behind a router?
My machine is running Windows 7 Ultimate. Here's what I've done (successfully) so far:
Installed IIS 7.5 with PHP over FastCGI
Got it working! When I go to http://localhost/index.php , my PHP ...
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How to add subnets to Windows Firewall “local subnets”?
On Windows Firewall under an individual rule the scope tab allows you to define which ips are subject to the rule. One of the built in options is "Local subnet".
How can you add an additional subnet ...
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How do you disable “stealth mode” on Windows Server 2008?
After reading this article and this one I've decided to change all our firewalls to reject instead of block packets in most cases. My experience corroborates the arguments these articles make.
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How can I obtain INetFwProfile windows PUBLIC firewall profile?
I need to make windows firewall bridge on all profiles: domain, private, public. Is it possible to obtain INetFwProfile for public profile too? Using NetFwPolicy2 is not an option. Program needs to ...
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Setting up windows firewall on windows server 2008 R2
Just booted into a newly provisioned windows server 2008 r2 server.
On the firewall side of things, it is disabled by default.
This is a web server, so I need at minimum port 80, rdp port left open.
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Simple? Network issue, been fighting with all day
I've got a simple set up here:
Client C (Internet)
10.10.10.5 (Static) |
255.255.255.0 |
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Rule to block IP address not working
Looking at my Event Log I see that right now an attempt is being made at brute forcing my 'sa' user for Sql Server on my Windows Server web edition box. I know that firewall rules are not the only ...
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GPO: Windows Firewall Exceptions - enable for one target IP only (LAN Guard)
I'm in the midst of setting up GFI LAN Guard for vulnerability scanning and patch management. The first thing I have to get in order is for LG to inventory all of the clients on the network. In order ...
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Blocked IP in Windows Server 2008 firewall, but that IP can still access my website
I blocked some IP addresses as described on this page, but it can still access my website.
I know I can block it in IIS7 and that option works, but I would like to block it with the firewall, rather ...
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Server 2008 Firewall Blocked Remote Desktop
While i was configuring windows firewall in Server 2008, i have accidentally blocked "all programs access". Now i am unable to access to my server with remote desktop also.
My server is not a ...
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Applying outbound connection rules PER USER in Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
In the latest version of the Windows Firewall, included for example in Windows Server 2008 R2, you can block incoming connections and apply this rule only for a set of users (Users Tab in the rule ...
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Can't remote desktop into Windows 7 workstation in SBS 2003 network
We have a Windows Small Business Server 2003 network with Windows XP and 7 workstations. Some of the workstations have custom remote desktop ports and the modem/firewall (Netgear DG834) forwards these ...
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Is there another interface that I can use to manage the firewall in Windows 2008?
I hate the interface for managing firewall in Widows Server 2008. Is there another GUI interface that I can use? Free is great but I'd even accept a 3rd party solution.
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Editing a Windows 2008 R2 Member Server's Firewall Settings
After creating a WMI filter to target all Windows 2008 R2 member servers, how can I setup a GPO Policy that allows me to edit the firewall settings directly on the member server, instead of through ...
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How to enable connection security for WMI firewall rules when using VAMT 2.0?
I want to use VAMT 2.0 to install product keys and active software in remote machines. Everything works fine as long as the ASync-In, DCOM-In, and WMI-In Windows Firewall rules are enabled and the ...
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Remote connect to SQL Server 2008
I have a problem connecting with a remote Microsoft SQL Server 2008
I have tried this: How to enable remote connections for SQL Server 2008?
so the remote connection checkbox is checked at the ...
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How to configure Windows Firewall to protect the external interface but not the internal one?
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, running the Edge role of Lync Server 2010.
One internal network interface connected to the company LAN, configured with a private IP address, subnet mask, internal DNS ...
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Windows Server 2008 - How to lock down Firewall Advanced?
I'm having problems with simultanous brute force attempts on my Windows Server 2008 R2 and the MS-SQL Server which is on it.
I have renamed the Windows Administrator account (Administrator)
I have ...
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RDP Access Is Mistakenly Restricted via Firewall Any Way To Connect Again?
I was trying to add an ip address to windows firewall for remote desktop connection but I don't know why now I can't access to server via rdp even from old ips. I have administrator user and password ...
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Changing World Wide Web Services (HTTP Traffic-In) via Group Policy
I am working on designing some group policy elements for our servers. Without getting into a debate about pros or cons of group policy, I was curious if the following could be performed.
I would like ...
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Windows 2008 firewall config
Is there any way to add a firewall rule that essentially says, "deny if remoteip= and localport DOES NOT EQUAL ?
I have a network interface connected to a shared network and on that network I only ...
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Outbound Firewall Rules on Windows Server 2008
One of my clients have raised a requirement to implement outbound firewall rules on all their servers.
Current Environment
The environment is built on the AWS cloud. All the servers run Windows ...
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How may one configure Windows Firewall to block outbound multicast and broadcast traffic?
Blocking outbound connections by default and disabling all outbound rules does not prevent all traffic from being sent on the network interfaces.
Some broadcast traffic is of course necessary for ...
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Large number of security events in the log
About a week ago we moved the application from one server to another (from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2, different DCs, but same company). There are 12 websites on this server, but ...
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Does Windows Firewall have the ability to log which exe is blocked?
We would like to distribute a firewall program with our product.
I can configure the Windows Firewall to block outgoing connections (which it does not by default)
netsh advfirewall set allprofiles ...
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VMware Player networking only passing broadcasts
I have VMware Player 3.1.4 bridged to my LAN adapter, and although I can see broadcast packets in my Guest OS with Wireshark, nothing else seems to cross the virtual switch.
The host is Win7 64-bit. ...
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Configure Windows firewall blocking behaviour
Does anyone know if it is possible to configure the behaviour of Windows Firewall when it has determined that a packet is disallowed?
By default, it will silently discard the packet and the source is ...
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Allow Only US Traffic (Server 2008 R2)
I'm trying to setup Windows Server 2008 R2's firewall so that it blocks all traffic except traffic originating from US IPs. The current inbound firewall policy is setup as follows:
Block a few ports ...
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How to allow RDP through IPSEC using netsh advfirewall command
I have an offsite windows server 2008 R2 server. And an ipsec tunnel set on our router here plus a connection security rule in Advanced Firewall on the server. I have ssh access to the console on the ...
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How can I block all programs inside a folder to connect to the internet in Windows?
I want to block all programs inside a folder to connect to the internet.
Is there any way either using Windows Firewall or Group policy to block
all programs inside a folder ?
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View website on intranet using machine name (as website domain name) of computer hosting website in IIS 7
I have a local website running on "localhost" on port 80 in IIS 6. On Windows XP (machine name WINXPMAC), I'm able to setup IIS 6 so that my local web application is visible on our company network. ...
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How can I configure Windows Firewall without turning the service on? [closed]
I suddenly could not RDP into my server after rebooting it. Turned out the Firewall was blocking me, I remotely shut off the firewall service (parallels virtuozzo panel) and was able to RDP in. When I ...
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Allow only local connections to LDAP (Port 389) using Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
I have two servers that are IBM Lotus Notes Mail Servers and domain controllers with two NIC's, one with a LAN IP and one with a WAN IP.
My client wants all ports to be open, with the exception of ...
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Firewall blocking SQL Server named pipes
If I turn off the firewall on Windows SBS 2011, I can connect to my SQL Server 2008 non-default instance by name (which I presume means it's using named pipes) without incident. After I turn it back ...
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What firewall ports need to be open for Active Directory?
I want to run DFS replication between a couple of servers. It's my understanding that the servers need to be part of a domain for this. Being able to give people a username and password that works on ...
