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According to XP Help and Support on the Start Menu, you use the Exceptions
tab for this purpose: "To open a port for a program or service, select the
check box for the program or service. To close a port for a program or
service, clear the check box for the program or service."
If the above does not help, you may need something more robust and
configurable than the XP built-in firewall. There are several free
firewalls available that are more robust and configurable than the XP
Firewall:
www.agnitum.com
www.zonelabs.com
www.sygate.com
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN
http://www.kerio.com/kerio.html
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"Will Fleenor" <will@k2e.com> wrote in message
news:OaGqBqu3EHA.2288@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>I Randy and interent based secruity check (shields up) and it indicated
>that ports 80 (http) and the port for Https were open for incoming
>requests? Since I am not running a Web server I would like to close those
>ports.
>
> Thanks, Will
> <nospam.please@ualberta.ca> wrote in message
> news:cpcnma$m5p$2@tabloid.srv.ualberta.ca...
>> Usually, if they are not excepted, then they are already blocked.
>> Note that the XP firewall is mostly intended for blocking incoming
>> requests,
>> not outgoing - if your machine asks for something, it does not block the
>> initial request, or the reply to that request. If that same request was
>> initiated from outside, it may be blocked.
>> Ports that are not blocked by default usually need to be left open for
>> something important to work.
>> Some traffic may not be TCP or UDP, and may not not use ports.
>>
>> What are you trying to block / stop? There may be another way.
>>
>> In article <emOz6Qt3EHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, "Will Fleenor"
>> <wil@k2e.com> wrote:
>> |I want to block a specific port number with Windows XP SP2 Firewall. I
>> can
>> |find how to make exceptions but now how to block ports.
>> |Thanks Will
>> |
>> |
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