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[Discuss] Recommendation for Which Ports and Windows Services should be blocked via Windows Firewall?
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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 85911" data-source="post: 861595"><p>you do <strong>not </strong>need to use TinyWall to have good firewall protection nor a front end like WFC to control Windows Firewall Control</p><p>in fact, programs like that are crutches that you come to depend upon to do stuff you should figure out and learn this stuff on your own</p><p>such programs keep you in ignorance</p><p>however you do need to learn netsh or powershell to create the rules, which is easier than using the Windows Firewall GUI</p><p></p><p>to answer your questions, you do not need PNRP-In (which requires IPv6) for torrent download (which sort of makes all this hardening moot since you are doing high risk activity), WFD ASP Coordination Protocol not needed, and there are no centralized guides on how to harden Windows Firewall there is a hodge podge of guide and information scattered across the web</p><p>you might start here <a href="https://hardenwindows10forsecurity.com/" target="_blank">Harden Windows 10 for Security. How to secure Windows 10.</a> which has some decent tips</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 85911, post: 861595"] you do [B]not [/B]need to use TinyWall to have good firewall protection nor a front end like WFC to control Windows Firewall Control in fact, programs like that are crutches that you come to depend upon to do stuff you should figure out and learn this stuff on your own such programs keep you in ignorance however you do need to learn netsh or powershell to create the rules, which is easier than using the Windows Firewall GUI to answer your questions, you do not need PNRP-In (which requires IPv6) for torrent download (which sort of makes all this hardening moot since you are doing high risk activity), WFD ASP Coordination Protocol not needed, and there are no centralized guides on how to harden Windows Firewall there is a hodge podge of guide and information scattered across the web you might start here [URL='https://hardenwindows10forsecurity.com/']Harden Windows 10 for Security. How to secure Windows 10.[/URL] which has some decent tips [/QUOTE]
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