How Do I Configure the Firewall of the Windows Operating System

Question

After the operating system is installed, the firewall is enabled by default. How Do I configure the firewall?

Answer

1. Restart the Windows firewall on the control panel and perform the following operations to configure the firewall:
   1. Go to Control Panel, and choose System Security > Windows Firewall.

   2. In the Windows Firewall window, click Turn Windows Firewall on or off on the left.
   3. In the Customize Settings window, select Turn Windows Firewall on in Private network settings and Public network settings.

   4. Click OK for the settings to take effect.

2. Add firewall exception sites in Windows 2012.
   • For details about the ports to be configured, see Related Operations. Port 8080 is used as an example to describe how to add TCP firewall exception sites in Windows 2012.
   • The procedure for adding outbound exception sites is similar to that for adding inbound exception sites.
   1. On the Windows Firewall page, click Advanced settings.
   2. Choose Inbound Rules from the navigation tree on the left of the window that is displayed.

   3. Click New Rule at the upper right corner.
   4. On the right of the window that is displayed, select Port and click Next.

   5. In the window that is displayed, perform the following operations to set related parameters:
      1. Select TCP.
      2. Select Specific local ports and enter 8080 in the text box.

   6. Click Next.
   7. In the window that is displayed, select Allow the connection and click Next.

   8. In the window that is displayed, ensure that the following check boxes are selected:
      • Domain
      • Private
      • Public

   9. Click Next.
   10. In the window that is displayed, enter a rule name in the Name text box, for example, TCPPortin.

   11. Click Finish to create an inbound rule.
   12. Close the windows one by one.

Related Operations

1. Perform Step 2 to add ports whose Firewall Enabled is set to Yes as inbound exception sites based on the eSight as a Server sheet in the communication matrix of the corresponding version.

2. To configure outbound exception sites, follow instructions on the eSight as a Client sheet in the communication matrix of the corresponding version to filter ports whose Firewall Enabled is set to Yes.