I am after some pointers on enabling the Windows Firewall service through GPO for XP & Windows Server 2003 clients. Currently the GPO disables the service and all other options for the Firewall Service are untouched. Don't worry I have ISA 2004 that only allows certain protocols that traffic hits first, plus there is an internet facing router/firewall after ISA.
I have read some of the documentation on MS's website and I think I understand the options with the Firewall but I would like some pointers from people who are doing this. I basically want to enable the Firewall but still allow access to and from the machines from within my network - i.e. my network is made up from RFC 1918 addressing (192.168.0.0/16 broken into various subnets) and I have the appropriate filtering enabled on my Internet facing router/firewall so any RFC 1918 addresses can't come in via the internet.
I think the bit that is concerning me most is whether I must start enabling specific applications and rules for each?
Thanks
Andy
I have read some of the documentation on MS's website and I think I understand the options with the Firewall but I would like some pointers from people who are doing this. I basically want to enable the Firewall but still allow access to and from the machines from within my network - i.e. my network is made up from RFC 1918 addressing (192.168.0.0/16 broken into various subnets) and I have the appropriate filtering enabled on my Internet facing router/firewall so any RFC 1918 addresses can't come in via the internet.
I think the bit that is concerning me most is whether I must start enabling specific applications and rules for each?
Thanks
Andy
