The old WinXP firewall filtered packets after ipsec procesing. Is it
still true for the SP2 firewall?
Thanks in advance!

I've placed a web server in our DMZ. Now I want to authenticate web
users against our NT4-based domain controller which is placed in our
secured intranet via NTLM.
Which ports have to be opened for this purpose?

After downloading SP2  was ub=nable to connect to my printer viamy wireless
lan.
I turned off the firewall, and also disabled it in the service part.
I could "see" it, but got the message that it was either turned off or the

What are the exact ports that VPN uses to open on the firewall?? Thanks.
No ambiguous reply please.

We have an application that uses the Remote Procedure Call service to supply
data from a file server.  Since installing SP2 this app will not work.  The
remote procedure call service is not one listed in the exceptions list and I
don't seem to be able to add it. ( I believe it is ...

Trying to get Win98 to release an incorrect IP address via WINIPCFG, but it just won't do it.  Is there a way to do this?
alan

After installing SP2 everything works Ok, with the exception of Winfax.  It
will not connect to the host machine which has the modem we use for faxing.
Nothing in the setup has changed it just says it cannot find host, yet I can
find it just fine thru my network places.  '

After installing SP2, I can no longer access the WMI service remotely from
the network. I have found the document KB 154596 about configuring RPC
Dynamic Port Allowacation that may apply here. If this process is the only
way to get network access to WMI again, short of totally ...

After installing SP2 Winfax pro has a problem connecting to the machine on
the network that has the modem attached.  Before it was working correctly
and all of your machines connected correctly.  All the info is the same
including the host address. It says it cannot find the host ...

I'm wondering how is it possible to block a given ip for a particular
program? I've found the custom list setting for what to allow under "change
scope". But I'm not quite sure how to use it and if it is easy to block a
given ip. Say I wan't to block 123.1.2.3 - what should I ...

I can't seem to browse the web from my Win2K PC which is a client connected
to a WinXP host via ICS.
the XP host can browse the net fine and both PCs can share files ok.
if i disable the XP firewall i can browse the internet fine on the client.

I want to use the Windows ICF and share the modem via ICS on my winXP(SP2)
host machine
My client PC has Win2K(SP4) and can share files and ping out but cant
collect mail or browse the net !??!

I have 2 windows 2000 servers. One is a web server ( asp pages )  connected
to the public side of my router and the other one is
a database server ( SQL server ) which is connected to this web server.
I want to have my database server ( SQL server)  secure, I want it to allow

I have two pc's connected via tcp/ip to a hub. Pc1 has two ethernet cards:
one connected to the dsl interface device; and the second to a hub which
connects to pc2's ethernet card. I have the xp pro sp2 firewall enabled on
the dsl network connection and file and print sharing ...

My Internet connection is PC to ethernet card to DSL modem.
Before installing SP2 on August 13 the Windows XP firewall
was disabled for the ethernet card and enabled for the DSL modem.
After installing SP2 the firewall was enabled for both devices