firewall joke? or is it me?

[Phillip Drummond]

trying to create a new firewall rule on vista enterprise 32 bit sp1.
any rule i creat immediatelt gets a red sign over it (like a no smoking
sign)... WHY is this happening? unbelievably the documentation mentions
nothing about this

thanks

 

[Phillip Drummond]

ok i guess thats a DENY symbol... but why does the rule not work? i am
attempting to block ALL outbound traffic to port 23.

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

By default, Block the connection is checked. You need to check Allow the
connection.

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[Jesper]

We would need to know *exactly* what settings you have made in the rule to
know why it is not working.

Personally, I'd also like to know what you are trying to achieve with this
rule.