Firewall Exceptions for Programs versus Ports

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I'm running Microsoft Office Groove and it is setup under Vista (Business
edition) Firewall Exceptions as a Program, not a Port. To clarify, when you
look at the properties of the Groove (Program) Exception, it does not mention
anything about ports. I know I can add an exception specifically for Port
2492 (Groove's primary communication port), but would that be redundant if
the Program Exception for Groove already opens up that specific Port. Hope
that makes sense.

I had posted the same question in the Groove Discussion Group here -
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&p=1&tid=8f6da917-f2a0-4859-a3a6-4c555df48526

but one of the Mods referred me to this group. Hope someone can help.
Thanks.
 
Don said:
I'm running Microsoft Office Groove and it is setup under Vista
(Business
edition) Firewall Exceptions as a Program, not a Port. To clarify,
when you
look at the properties of the Groove (Program) Exception, it does not
mention
anything about ports. I know I can add an exception specifically for
Port
2492 (Groove's primary communication port), but would that be
redundant if
the Program Exception for Groove already opens up that specific Port.
Hope
that makes sense.

I had posted the same question in the Groove Discussion Group here -
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...&p=1&tid=8f6da917-f2a0-4859-a3a6-4c555df48526

but one of the Mods referred me to this group. Hope someone can help.
Thanks.
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Programmatically, exceptions can be made for the duration of the running
program.

User defined exceptions for the firewall?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730955(WS.10).aspx

Use the control panel applet, or the plug-in.
 
Don said:
So opening the port that the app uses manually with a specific port
exception would be less secure since the "Program Exception" closes
the port
after the application is closed, correct?
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That's how I understand it regarding a Vista compatible program setting
its own exceptions. As for user defined exceptions for a program or a
port, I'm not sure. IIRC there's a MSDN article that explains it pretty
well, but my memory isn't as good as it used to be.
 
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