Recently I published an article over at WindowsNetworking.com covering “How to configure the new Windows Server 2008 advanced firewall MMC snap-in“. In this article, I discuss how the new Windows 2008 Server firewall is very different from Windows 2003.
Since its inception, the Windows Server 2003 SP1 firewall has been a basic, inbound-only, host based, stateful firewall. With Windows Server 2008, the built-in firewall has been dramatically improved. Let’s find out how the new advanced firewall can help you and how to configure it using the MMC snap-in.
Why should you use the Windows host-based firewall?
Find out more at:
- How to configure the new Windows Server 2008 advanced firewall MMC snap-in
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