Windows 7 firewall - Inbound rules problem
Strange problem: my win7 firewall does not follow its own local inbound rules.... And allows all inbound connections when my firewall policy is: BlockInbound,BlockOutbound. Outbound connections not specified by outbound rules are blocked as they should be, why inbound connections aren't? I'm also not being notified when any new app is using network (when i have "Notify me when Windows Firewall blocks a program" option checked for my network profile).
May 13th, 2011 7:54pm

Hi, What is your rule type? Does it block all connections? What app you want to block and receive the notification? I suggest referring to the following article to know more about the Windows Firewall configuration. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Understanding-Windows-Firewall-settings http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/523-windows-firewall-change-notification-settings.html Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. Best Regards, Niki Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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May 16th, 2011 1:03pm

You have to firstly log in administrator account. You would firstly click the Start button and from that, go to Control Panel. In that, you need to select the System and Security and after that, select Windows Firewall. When you click that, a new window would appear. In the left pane of the window, you have an option to turn on or off the firewall. There are some other settings also. If you need maximum security, you could check the box for the blocking all the incoming connections. You would also get notifications when the firewall would block any new program. You need to check the box for that. Advanced options allow users to set default settings.get more help for Windows 7 Firewall Security Hope this helps you. Good Luck! Email Spam Blocker
May 19th, 2011 10:56am

Suggested tutorials weren't very helpful - I'll try to describe my problem a bit better. Let's say I have an application which behaviour is not covered by any of my incoming firewall rules. My firewall is enabled for my network profile (public), notifications are enabled, behaviour is default (block inbound, allow outbound). I also log succesful and blocked connections to %systemroot%\LogFiles\Firewall\pfirewall.log. When my app is using network I should see a notification - well, I don't. My app is not blocked. Also there's no info about this connection in pfirewall.log I think something is not right with windows filtering platform on my system... But for now I don't have a clue what's wrong.
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May 19th, 2011 10:25pm

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