Tuesday, October 05, 2010

How to Add Inbound/Outbound Rule to specific port on Windows 2008 Firewall with Advanced Security

Windows Server 2008 has enhanced the firewall security to have more functions!

  • New Interface (MMC Snap-in) to configure the firewall
  • Ability to filter inbound and outbound traffic
  • Firewall can work together with IPSEC encryption configuration much better
  • Ability to create firewall rules (exception) for Windows AD Group, Protocol number, TCP/UDP Port, interface, IPv6 traffic and ICMP