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windows firewall on workstaions GPO and port exceptions

hi all,<BR><BR>I want to firewall off all my workstaions (company secpol)<BR><BR>and to make management easyer, i want to setup a "trusted host" eg; a server that is fully trusted and want to add the ...
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Block Active Attacks using Shields Up mode in Windows Firewall

To block active attacks using the Shields Up mode in Windows Firewall of Windows 11/10 you will have to manually enable the required option using any one of these two methods: Via Windows Settings Via ...
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Simplewall is the Windows Firewall tuning tool everyone needs

A firewall is one of the first lines of defense against existential threats to your device, and most operating systems include one in some form, so you have protection even if you don't pay for robust ...
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Windows Firewall: Why does it block everything that's not on the local subnet?

I've just setup IPsec on my router (pfSense) and my IPsec clients have a different subnet (192.168.10.0/24) than my LAN subnet (192.168.0.0/24). By default, the Windows Firewall (in Windows 7 at least ...