firewall joke? or is it me?

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Phillip Drummond

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trying to create a new firewall rule on vista enterprise 32 bit sp1.

any rule i creat immediatelt gets a red sign over it (like a no smoking

sign)... WHY is this happening? unbelievably the documentation mentions

nothing about this

thanks

 
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Phillip Drummond

Guest
ok i guess thats a DENY symbol... but why does the rule not work? i am

attempting to block ALL outbound traffic to port 23.

"Phillip Drummond" <na@na.com> wrote in message

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> trying to create a new firewall rule on vista enterprise 32 bit sp1.

> any rule i creat immediatelt gets a red sign over it (like a no smoking

> sign)... WHY is this happening? unbelievably the documentation mentions

> nothing about this

>

> thanks

> </span>

 
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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)

Guest
By default, Block the connection is checked. You need to check Allow the

connection.

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http://www.HowToNetworking.com

"Phillip Drummond" <na@na.com> wrote in message

news:O8OJObNkIHA.4356@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue">

> ok i guess thats a DENY symbol... but why does the rule not work? i am

> attempting to block ALL outbound traffic to port 23.

>

>

> "Phillip Drummond" <na@na.com> wrote in message

> news:OjhP9RNkIHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green">

>> trying to create a new firewall rule on vista enterprise 32 bit sp1.

>> any rule i creat immediatelt gets a red sign over it (like a no smoking

>> sign)... WHY is this happening? unbelievably the documentation mentions

>> nothing about this

>>

>> thanks

>></span>

> </span>

 
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Jesper

Guest
We would need to know exactly what settings you have made in the rule to

know why it is not working.

Personally, I'd also like to know what you are trying to achieve with this

rule.

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Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047010155...rotectyourwi-20

"Phillip Drummond" wrote:

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> ok i guess thats a DENY symbol... but why does the rule not work? i am

> attempting to block ALL outbound traffic to port 23.

>

>

> "Phillip Drummond" <na@na.com> wrote in message

> news:OjhP9RNkIHA.4140@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green">

> > trying to create a new firewall rule on vista enterprise 32 bit sp1.

> > any rule i creat immediatelt gets a red sign over it (like a no smoking

> > sign)... WHY is this happening? unbelievably the documentation mentions

> > nothing about this

> >

> > thanks

> > </span>

>

> </span>

 
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