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Windows XP Fire Wall Article
Firstly lets not get confused when I talk about the Windows XP
firewall , there are in effect two of them. The original one ,
and the one that comes with Service Pack 2. Throughout the whole
of this article, we are referring to the Windows XP service pack
2 firewall. To
begin with if you are looking to install the Service Pack
Firewall , you will first have to install Windows XP service
pack 2 , please see link at bottom of page.
If you are unsure as
to whether you have XP Service pack 2 installed , Go to the
start menu / Run and type Winmsd , this will then tell
you under summary.
When installed
you should not need to activate windows XP fire wall, as a
default it will already be active.
It also comes with
pretty good default settings.
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You can access the
Firewall through Control panels so , Control Panels / Windows
Firewall.
General Tab
From the main Windows
Firewall screen we have several choices , On and Off are self
explanatory.
The other option Dont
allow exceptions basically means if you setup any exceptions or
programs / ports from the exceptions tab , Dont allow
exceptions will override this when ticked.
 Exceptions
Tab
From the above image we
can see all of the Programs and ports which are setup as
exceptions to the XP firewalls rules.
Any program which is
ticked is enabled.
Simply click in the
box to enable or disable access.
Of course the access
of all these programs are controlled by the Dont allow
exceptions option we discussed on the General Tab.
As your computer will
no doubt have many different applications to mine your list will
be different.
If you want to give
access to another application you only need to select Add
Program now you just need to select the application from the
list or browse to its location.
 From
the Add port & Change Scope screens we can give access to
specific ports , specific IP addresses, or ranges of IP
addresses, its very flexible , so if you have a number of
computers which require access to your computer, you can easily
give access as one rule as opposed to a rule for each.
The reason for a fire
wall to monitor out going connections these days is due to
viruses , spyware and other dubious applications, which if
present on your computer, and are allowed to access the internet
may pass on details such as keystrokes, which could be
confidential information such as banking details etc.
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Advanced Tab
The advanced Tab show us
all of the current network connections on the computer as you
can see on the above screen there are three of them.
The local Area
Connection and Speedy are both ticked , this means that the
Firewall is active and monitoring these two connections.
The Wireless Network
Connection is not ticked so no Firewall rules apply here.
If you click on the
Settings box , you can customize the settings for each
connection.
It will give you a
standard list of services, but you can add and remove items from
this.
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Note ..
To add any items you
will need to know details such as IP address and Port Numbers.
Security Logging
Keeping a log is
always interesting as it give you a clearer picture of what is
going on behind your firewall.
To set this up select
Settings from the Security Logging sub heading and specify a
location for the file.
ICMP Internet Control
Message Protocol
If you are on a
network this is an easy way to share network information such as
status and errors.
Restore Defaults
Lastly we have the
play it safe button Restore defaults
Using the Window XP
firewall is not childs play , but if you stick with it, it is a
good piece of software, that really is worth getting to grips
with.
If you find issues
after playing with the settings again just hit the Restore
Defaults button.
You really cant mess
anything up.
Install
and activate windows XP fire wall its free firewall protection,
get to grips with the window XP firewall XP home edition fire
wall .
Checkout our article which
covers where to download from, installing and what else it comes
with it.
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