Firewall component

[Jeff]

I have successfully added the firewall component to my image, but I want the
firewall to be enabled by default. I don't see a setting for this, how do I
do it?

Thanks,
-Jeff-

 

[Mario Dambauer]

Hi Jeff

There is no way to enable firewall at TD.
I am using a vbscript to enabele the firewall for my connection.

An example of the vbscript:
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon/sramesh2k/reg/firewall_enable.vbs

There is also some stuff in the msdn...

Best Regards,
Mario

 

[Ittgx]

Can we use a Security template for it , let us try.

 

[Andy Allred [MS]]

Please bear with us, we're working on a solution to this right now. Soon
there will be a tool and whitepaper that allows you to configure the SP1
Firewall settings during FBA. We'll post back to the newsgroup when this is
available.

For SP2, as part of the security push, the new and improved "Windows
Firewall" component will have tons of configurable UI available in TD, so
you can not only modify the feature's 3 main modes (on/off/shielded), but
also close or open specific ports as you can in the control panel applet.

Thanks.
Andy

 

[Jeff]

Thanks Mario,

This is great! I'll add this as a runonce item and I'm done!!

-Jeff-

 

[Neil Marlowe \(MSFT\)]

To follow-on to what Andy outlined earlier, I am in the final stages of
releasing a whitepaper, including C sample code, outlining the following:

1.. Enabling the firewall
2.. Disable all firewall port mappings
3.. Enables the "Remote Desktop" port mappings


The paper should be release within the next week or two.

 

[Mario Dambauer]

Hi Neil

As soon as the whitpaper is availbale, please post a link!

Thanks
Best Regards,
Mario