Firewalling Windows Servers with IPFW
For some time I spent thinking of an IPTable like firewall for host protection on windows servers and I didn't know whether there is one available until I gave it a try and surprisingly found WIPFW. I find it very cool to have a unix based firewall on my windows boxes!
WIPFW is the Windows version of FreeBSD IPFW firewal and It can be used on any version of windows, starting with windows 2000.
It gives a lot of flexibility in the way rules can be applied to different sort of traffic and it can also keep track of the states of packets as well. There are a lot of great features that comes with it and it can be checked through its online documentation. Any IPTable administrator can figure it out quickly.
Some missing features in its current release(0.2.8) are as follow:
- Unable to change packet contents
- No traffic shaping capabilities
- Does not support SNAT and DNAT
WIPFW: Windows Operable Version of BSD IPFW
Check also here for more info on WIPFW:
Jameser's Tech Tips: Stateful Packet Filter for Windows
Learn more about the original IPFW:
ONLamp - BSD Firewalls: IPFW
IPFW How-To



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