Windows XP Firewall

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(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

Hello,

Iwas wondering if anyone has used Bigfix to deploy either a BAT file or an inf file to add rules to permit applications such as VNC or Dameware. I have a number of machines at different sites that do not belong to AD, but do have Bigfix on them. Any advise would be appreciated.

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(imported comment written by Shlomi91)

Hi pschwartz,

i’m sure there’s a better way to do it, but this is one way:

dos netsh firewall add allowedprogram "path to program exe" enable
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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

Thank you very much for this tip it worked like a champ. Here is what i used

dos netsh firewall add allowedprogram “c:\Program Files\Dameware development\Dameware NT Utilities\DNTU.exe” “Dameware” Enable

dos netsh firewall add allowedprogram “c:\ORL\VNC\winvnc.exe” “VNC” ENABLE