Windows XP SP2 and Firewall

[Alexander Gottwald]

Hi,

With the upcoming Servicepack 2 for Windows XP we will get more
network related bugreports. XP will then enable the built-in firewall
(ICF) by default and the xserver will become unusable from the network
without changes to ICF configuration.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/productinfo/xpsp2/default.aspx

I propose a new commandline switch "-icf-adjust" which (if possible)
changes the configuration of the firewall to allow incoming traffic 
on port 6000+x and restores the old settings on exit.

I'll do some research on how to change the firewall settings from 
a running program.

Any comments and ideas?

bye
	ago
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