SP2 Firewall Exceptions
 

Hi, everyone:

Does anyone know of a way to get Windows Firewall to allow access on all
ports to a specified IP address or subnet? I ask because I can allow specific
ports, but wildcards like "*" don't seem to work.

Ideally, this would be done through group policy, but any means necessary
would be a good start.

Any thoughts out there?
--
Steve Athanas
Systems Analyst / Administrator

UMass Lowell Student Affairs
Cumnock Hall
1 University Ave.
Lowell, MA 01854

SP2 Firewall Exceptions
 

Not sure if this is helpful but you may wish to have a look

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0204.mspx
Manually Configuring Windows Firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2

http://support.microsoft.com/default...t=windowsxpsp2
Description of the Windows Firewall feature in Windows XP Service Pack 2

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




Steve Athanas wrote:
Hi, everyone:

Does anyone know of a way to get Windows Firewall to allow access on
all ports to a specified IP address or subnet? I ask because I can
allow specific ports, but wildcards like "*" don't seem to work.

Ideally, this would be done through group policy, but any means
necessary would be a good start.

Any thoughts out there?

SP2 Firewall Exceptions
 

The ipsec bypass feature can be used for this purpose. It relies on the
authentication of the other peer using ipsec, then consults the Active
Directory against a group policy defined set of allowed computers which can
access all ports. This is really only going to be available in a corporate
environment.

--
David
Microsoft Windows Networking
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"Steve Athanas" wrote in message
...
Hi, everyone:

Does anyone know of a way to get Windows Firewall to allow access on all
ports to a specified IP address or subnet? I ask because I can allow
specific
ports, but wildcards like "*" don't seem to work.

Ideally, this would be done through group policy, but any means necessary
would be a good start.

Any thoughts out there?
--
Steve Athanas
Systems Analyst / Administrator

UMass Lowell Student Affairs
Cumnock Hall
1 University Ave.
Lowell, MA 01854