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Unit 13: Firewalls

Notes

Once you’ve updated your GPOs, you can then configure Windows Firewall by making changes
to the policy settings under Domain Profile (for XP SP2 machines joined to a domain) and
Standard Profile (for machines in a workgroup).

Scenario 1

To disable Windows Firewall on XP SP2 machines in a domain environment, set the following
policy to Disabled:

Computer Configuration
\Administrative Templates
\Network

\Network Connections
\Windows Firewall
\Domain Profile
\Windows Firewall: Protect all network connections

Scenario 2

To allow incoming traffic on TCP port 80 for an XP SP2 machine running as an intranet web
server in a workgroup environment, configure the following policy:
Computer Configuration
\Administrative Templates
\Network

\Network Connections
\Windows Firewall

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