XP Firewall defaut?

[Trace Jones]

Is the XP Firewall defaulted to be enabled or disabled?

[John A. Wolf]

The default is disabled. However, I understand that will be changing with
Service Pack 2.

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John A. Wolf



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> Is the XP Firewall defaulted to be enabled or disabled?

[Brian [MSFT]]

Confirmed... see the following link.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnwxp/ht
ml/securityinxpsp2.asp

Internet Connection Firewall. Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) is a
stateful filtering firewall for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. ICF
provides protection for PCs connected to a network by preventing
unsolicited inbound connections through TCP/IP version 4 (IPv4). SP2 turns
on ICF by default and starts it earlier in the boot process.

Brian Schafer, MCSE, MCSA, CISSP, Security+
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