how do i drop the fire wall after joining the daomian through a vp

[Guest Doug]

i was able to join the domain through a VPN connection after i dropped the xp

pro firewall. But then the firewall is anabled again throug a policy and I am

haveing trouble dropping it.

[Guest Peter Dickason, MCSE, CCA, CNE]

Re: how do i drop the fire wall after joining the daomian through a vp

 

Yea, I'm not a fan of software firewalls. With a software firewall, the

questionable traffic is already touching your PC, which is the sole purpose

of a firewall to keep that from happening. You want a firewall, go get

yourself a 'real' i.e. hardware firewall. But in any event, if it is active

through AD group policy, there's not much you can do except add the rules

for the ports you need to communicate through. Even that could be locked

down. I don't know your policy. If you're a domain admin or have been

delegated authority, I can tell you how to exclude your workstation from the

policy :)

hope this helps

Pete