Firewall settings for non-domain machines

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"John" wrote:

| We are running a Windows 2000 AD domain and manage our firewall
| settings via Group Policies for our Windows XP SP2 clients. This works
| well for all machines in our domain.
|
| However, we have a pool of checkout laptops that are non-domain
| machines (allows the borrower to use the machine without first caching
| credentials from the domain). These machines are set to automatically
| logon using a restricted account, i.e., users do not have the ability
| to select Unblock when the firewall blocks traffic. These machines
| never see the domain firewall settings from the Default Workstation
| policy.
|
| Has anyone come across a way to manage Firewall settings for machines
| of this type? We're contemplating using NETSH FIREWALL to create the
| settings, but are not really excited about it.
|
| Thanks,
| John