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Unit 13: Firewalls

Now click OK and your new exception is displayed in the firewall exceptions list: Notes

Tip: To temporarily disable inbound traffic, clear the checkbox for your new exception.

Using Unattend.txt

In Windows XP Service Pack 2, new sections for Windows Firewall have been added to the
Unattend.txt answer file to allow administrators to configure Windows Firewall during
unattended setup.
Tip: If you want to perform a clean install from CD of Windows XP with Service Pack 2 integrated
into the operating system, see the article called Slipstream SP2 on Neowin.net.

Scenario 1

To disable Windows Firewall on new XP SP2 machines, add the following to your Unattend.txt
file:

[WindowsFirewall]
Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall
[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
Mode = 0

How this works is that the Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall entry defines a custom
profile for Windows Firewall, while the Mode = 0 entry specifies that this firewall profile is
disabled (value 0). A brief word about Windows Firewall profiles–SP2 includes two default
profiles for Windows Firewall:

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