Re: Windows firewall Annoyances.

From: PA Bear (PABearMVP_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:30:10 -0500

Try:

Troubleshooting Windows Firewall settings in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=875357 

-- 
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security
N. P. wrote:
> 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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