The Microsoft Scripting Guys covered that in their blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/gstemp
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Singler Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 7:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Opening ports on the XP firewall you can use netsh for this, i believe. netsh firewall "Windows Firewall Basics": http://tinyurl.com/5n2vj "Netsh overview": http://tinyurl.com/6t9r9 Rutherford, Robert wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to help one of the desktop guys out... and as there are some > good scripters in here I thought I'd throw this one out on a line.... > > Is there a way to script the opening of ports (incoming) on an XP > firewall? I know it can be done manually > (_http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=308127_), but we'd like > to link it into a startup script. > > ... I know it's an awful product and if I had my way I'd get SecureClient in. > > ... I also know that XP SP2 has a new firewall but we aren't playing with > that yet. > > BR and Thanks. > > Rob > > > This e-mail and the information it contains are confidential and may be > privileged. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the > sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. Unless you > are the intended recipient, you should not copy this e-mail for any > purpose, or disclose its contents to any other person. > The MCPS-PRS Alliance is not responsible for the completeness or > accuracy of this communication as it has been transmitted over a public > network. Whilst the MCPS-PRS Alliance monitors all communications for > potential viruses, we accept no responsibility for any loss or damage > caused by this e-mail and the information it contains. > It is the recipient's responsibility to scan this e-mail and any > attachments for viruses. Any > e-mails sent to and from the MCPS-PRS Alliance servers may be monitored > for quality control and other purposes. > > The MCPS-PRS Alliance Limited is a limited company registered in England > under company number 03444246 whose registered office is at c/o 29-33 > Berners Street, London, W1T 3AB. -- John Singler Systems Administrator School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 3800 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6044 ph: 215.573.6525 fx: 215.573.8777 "life is a killer" -- John Giorno List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
