RE: Group Policy Question on firewalls

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To: "'Russell Morrison'" <rmorrison@axys.net>, "'Focus-MS'" <focus-ms@securityfocus.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:42:06 -0400

Put your workstations into a separate OU and create the policy there. You
don't have to set all policies at the domain level; in fact, the only
policies that *must* be set at the domain level are the domain
password/Kerberos policy settings.

Laura

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Morrison [mailto:rmorrison@axys.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 2:04 PM
> To: 'Focus-MS'
> Subject: Group Policy Question on firewalls
>
> 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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