Now you're ready for the next step: configuring the firewall rule-set, or policy file. A rule-set specifies what services to let through your firewall, and which ones to keep out. A rule defines the ...

I'm looking to create a rule or combination of rules in Windows Firewall on Win 7 (and possibly Win 8 and/or 10) that will allow connections for a specific program on a specific port only for specific ...

Do note that you have to launch Windows PowerShell as an administrator, otherwise, the commands will not execute and you will receive an error in PowerShell. Let’s ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Does your firewall rulebase remind you of that drawer in your kitchen where you throw all ...

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