Group Policy Question on firewalls

From: Russell Morrison (rmorrison_at_axys.net)
Date: 09/21/05

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    To: "'Focus-MS'" <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 12:04:15 -0600

    To all;

    I would like to turn on the Windows Firewall application on all network
    connected desktops and have seen where this can be done within the Domain
    Group Policy. However, I don't want to also turn on the firewalls on my
    Windows 2003 servers as this will likely block normal network traffic. Is
    there a setting, either within the Domain Group Policy that allows me to
    differentiate between servers and desktops for firewalls, or is there a
    setting within the server local security policy or server registry that
    would allow me to disable that service on the server? I am running 2003 AD,
    2003 servers with latest patches, and a mixtures of XP and 2000 desktops
    also running latest patches.

    Thanks for any help.

    R

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