Windows firewall Annoyances.

From: N. P. (Not)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:50:44 +0200

Hello,
First of all I want to ask how does Windows Firewall (XP sp2) determine
which connection is on the local subnet and which one is not, in order to
allow the right traffic. For example, if I have two network cards (lan
cards) and one of them is connected to my home network and the other to the
Internet, how does it know which one is the local network and which one is
not, so that my file and print shares will be protected from Internet
hackers?
Another issue I have is with the Advanced tab. There you can set exceptions
per connection. However, the settings dialogbox for setting exceptions per
connection basis is very confusing. What does it mean for example internal
and external port? What are the Services and why is there such a thing as a
Services tab? Why does not it look like the interface of the oordinary
exceptions tab? Why is it different in the Advanced tab? And why does not it
allow me to restrict traffic based on originating ip address, like the
ordinary Exceptions tab? And why does it say, enter the ip address of the
computer hosting the service? Isn't this a personal firewall, so why should
I enter the address of another computer to protect a service on it? And why
are there all these predetermined services? Generally why is it confusing,
different from the Exceptions tab, meaning does not allow me to have the
same options and why no context sensitive help? Why doesn't it allow me to
specify a program by file name and finally the example it gives for
specifying the computer address for hosting the service is wrong: It says
separate the ip addresses by commas, whilst the example gives two addresses
that are the same and a subnet mask which is separated by a / and not by a
comma.
Thanks,
N. P.

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