XP SP2 Firewall exceptions from IP Address

[globalstrata]

I am currently implementing the Firewall in my domain. However, I need to allow allow all communication coming from just a particular IP to be allowed through? Is there any way to do this via GPO?

Thanks,


Gladys Rodriguez
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[chipk]

Not sure about GPO, but you should be able to create a startup/login script to use netsh to accomplish what you want:

netsh firewall set portopening
[ protocol = ] TCP|UDP|ALL
[ port = ] 1-65535
[ [ name = ] name
[ mode = ] ENABLE|DISABLE
[ scope = ] ALL|SUBNET|CUSTOM
[ addresses = ] addresses
[ profile = ] CURRENT|DOMAIN|STANDARD|ALL
[ interface = ] name ]

 

[globalstrata]

Wow! This is too much. What netsh does is create a registry entry for each item you enter that means that for the particular set of IPs (about 10 - they are not in the same IP range), for each port and for each protocol it will create an entry which means that

10 * 65535 * 2 = 1,310,700 entries just for those exceptions.


Gladys Rodriguez
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