The INetFwPolicy2 interface allows an application or service to access the firewall policy.
Methods
The INetFwPolicy2 interface inherits the methods of the IDispatch interface.
In addition, INetFwPolicy2 defines the following methods.
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get_BlockAllInboundTraffic |
Gets the value of the BlockAllInboundTraffic property. This property indicates whether inbound traffic is blocked for a specified profile.
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put_BlockAllInboundTraffic |
Sets the value of the BlockALlInboundTraffic property. This property indicates whether inbound traffic is blocked for a specified profile.
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get_CurrentProfileTypes |
Retrieves the bitmask of the currently active profile.
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get_DefaultInboundAction |
Gets the value for the default action for inbound traffic. It can be either allowed or blocked.
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put_DefaultInboundAction |
Sets the value for the default action for inbound traffic. It can be either allowed or blocked.
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get_DefaultOutboundAction |
Gets the value for the default action for outbound traffic. It can be either allowed or blocked.
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put_DefaultOutboundAction |
Gets the value for the default action for outbound traffic. It can be either allowed or blocked.
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get_ExcludedInterfaces |
Gets the value of the ExcludedInterfaces property. This property contains the list of interfaces excluded from a specified profile's firewall rules.
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put_ExcludedInterfaces |
Sets the value of the ExcludedInterfaces property. This property contains the list of interfaces excluded from a specified profile's firewall rules.
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get_FirewallEnabled |
Gets the value of the FirewallEnabled property. This property indicates whether the firewall is enabled or disabled for a specified profile.
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put_FirewallEnabled |
Sets the value of the FirewallEnabled property. This property indicates whether the firewall is enabled or disabled for a specified profile.
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get_IsRuleGroupCurrentlyEnabled |
Determines whether a specified group of firewall rules is enabled or disabled for the current profile, considering the firewall's state, BlockAllInboundTraffic state and group policy overrides state.
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get_IsRuleGroupEnabled |
Determines whether a specified group of firewall rules is enabled or disabled.
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get_LocalPolicyModifyState |
Determines if adding or setting a rule or group of rules will take effect in the current firewall profile.
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get_NotificationsDisabled |
Gets the value of the NotificationsDisabled property. This property indicates whether notifications are enabled or disabled for a specified profile.
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put_NotificationsDisabled |
Sets the value of the NotificationsDisabled property. This property indicates whether notifications are enabled or disabled for a specified profile.
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get_Rules |
Gets the value of the Rules property.
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get_ServiceRestriction |
Retrieves the interface to manipulate the Windows Source Hardening (WSH) store.
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get_UnicastResponsesToMulticastBroadcastDisabled |
Gets the value of the UnicastResponseToMulticastBroadcastDisabled property. This property indicates whether the firewall should allow unicast incoming responses to outgoing multicast and
broadcast traffic.
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put_UnicastResponsesToMulticastBroadcastDisabled |
Sets the value of the UnicastResponseToMulticastBroadcastDisabled setting. This property indicates whether the firewall should allow unicast incoming responses to outgoing multicast and
broadcast traffic.
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Properties
The INetFwPolicy2 interface defines the following properties.
| Property | Access type | Description |
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BlockAllInboundTraffic | Read-only | Access to the property that indicates that inbound traffic should be blocked by the firewall.
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CurrentProfileTypes | Read-only | Retrieves the bitmask of the currently active profile.
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DefaultInboundAction | Read-only | Access to the property that specifies the default action for inbound traffic.
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DefaultOutboundAction | Read-only | Access to the property that specifies the default action for outbound.
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EnableRuleGroup | Read-only | Enables or disables a specified group of rules.
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ExcludedInterfaces | Read-only | Access to a list of interfaces on which firewall settings are excluded.
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FirewallEnabled | Read-only | Access to the property that indicates whether the firewall is enabled.
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NotificationsDisabled | Read-only | Access to the property that indicates whether interactive firewall notifications are disabled.
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RestoreLocalFirewallDefaults | Read-only | Restores the local firewall configuration to its default state.
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Rules | Read-only | Access to the Rules property for this policy.
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ServiceRestriction | Read-only | Access to the Windows Service Hardening (WSH) store.
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UnicastResponsesToMulticastBroadcastDisabled | Read-only | Access to the property that indicates whether unicast incoming responses to outgoing multicast and broadcast traffic are disabled.
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Remarks
All configuration changes take effect immediately.
The Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing service must be running to access this interface.
Requirements
| Minimum supported client | Windows Vista |
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| Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2008 |
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| Header | Netfw.h |
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| DLL | FirewallAPI.dll |
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See Also
- IDispatch
- IUnknown
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