Many security organizations such as the Center for Internet Security recommend enabling the Windows firewall. Here is a screenshot from the CIS Security Controls regarding firewalls. The below command will show the firewall status for all three profiles: netsh advfirewall show allĪnother way to check the firewall status is to click the windows start button and type firewall then select “check firewall status” There are a few ways to check if the Windows Firewall is on. Centrally Manage the Firewall with Group Policy In the picture above you can see the firewall is on for the public network but not for the private networks. If you have an Active Directory environment or Azure with domain joined computers you should centrally manage the firewall settings. You do not want users to have the ability to manage rules or worse, disable the Firewall. I see too often the firewall popup and say something was blocked, then users just click to add the rule.
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