Can a firewall block a network topology mapper

#Can a firewall block a network topology mapper windows 10
#Can a firewall block a network topology mapper windows

Function Discovery Resource Publication.

Repeat the above steps for the following services:.

Select Define this policy setting, choose Disabled and then click on Apply and close the properties window.

Select the Function Discovery Provider Host service and go to it properties page.

#Can a firewall block a network topology mapper windows

Go to Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > System Services.

Now we are going to configure the Group Policy to disable some system services. Your outbound firewall rules should look like this:

On the other 4 inbound rules repeat steps 9 - 12.

First, select Network Discovery (NB-Datagram-Out) and go to its properties.

You will be presented with a long list of rules, many of which are duplicates because some the Profile they belong to eg.

Inside the Outbound Rules node, right click and choose New Rule.

We are now going to repeat the steps above for the outbound rules. Your inbound firewall rules should look like this:

On the other 4 inbound rules repeat steps 10 - 13.

Click on Apply, and close the properties window.

Next on the Advanced tab, make sure that the check boxes next to Domain, Private and Public are all checked.

In the new window, select the Predefined set of computers: radio button and choose Local subnet from the drop-down list.

Next on the Scope tab, under Remote IP address, select the These IP addresses: radio button and then click AddвЂ¦.

On the General tab, select the Allow the connection radio button.

First, select Network Discovery (NB-Datagram-In) and go to its properties.

We will now make some changes to those rules.

Next, choose Block the connection and click Finish.

Select only the following rules, it does not matter which profile as we will change it later.

You will be presented with a long list of rules, many of which are duplicates because of the Profile they belong to Public, Domain, Private.

On Rule Type, select Predefined and choose Network Discovery then click Next.

Inside the Inbound Rules node, right click and choose New Rule.

Go to Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.

Firewall RulesД¬reate a new Group Policy or use an existing one that takes effect on computer objects. We can do both things using Group Policy.

#Can a firewall block a network topology mapper windows 10

To properly disable Network Discovery in Windows 10 in a way that the user cannot easily re-enable we must create some firewall rules and prevent some services from running on start-up. Fully disabling Network Discovery in Windows 10 using Group Policy