Windows Firewall

E37355
network security feature personal firewall software component

Windows Firewall is a built-in network security component of the Windows operating system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Internet Connection Firewall 1
Windows Firewall (Internet Connection Firewall) 1
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf network security feature ⓘ
personal firewall ⓘ
software component ⓘ
advancedConfigurationTool Windows Firewall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Firewall with Advanced Security MMC snap-in
allows creation of custom rules ⓘ
availableIn Windows 10 ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ
Windows 7 ⓘ
Windows 8 ⓘ
Windows 8.1 ⓘ
Windows Vista ⓘ
basedOn security rules ⓘ
canBeManagedBy Group Policy ⓘ
System Center Configuration Manager ⓘ
configurationInterface Control Panel ⓘ
Group Policy ⓘ
surface form: Group Policy Editor

PowerShell cmdlets ⓘ
Windows Security app ⓘ
netsh command-line tool ⓘ
controls incoming network connections ⓘ
outgoing network connections ⓘ
defaultState enabled on supported Windows versions ⓘ
designedTo block unauthorized access ⓘ
reduce attack surface ⓘ
developedBy Microsoft ⓘ
hasProfile Domain profile ⓘ
Private profile ⓘ
Public profile ⓘ
integratedWith Windows Defender ⓘ
Security Center ⓘ
surface form: Windows Security Center
introducedComponent Windows Firewall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
introducedInVersion Service Pack 2 ⓘ
surface form: Windows XP Service Pack 2
logFileDefaultPath %systemroot%\system32\logfiles\firewall\pfirewall.log ⓘ
monitors incoming network traffic ⓘ
outgoing network traffic ⓘ
operatingSystem Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows
predecessor Windows Firewall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Internet Connection Firewall
runsAs Windows service ⓘ
serviceName MpsSvc ⓘ
Windows Firewall self-link ⓘ
storesRulesIn Windows Registry ⓘ
supports IPsec integration ⓘ
application-level filtering ⓘ
connection security rules ⓘ
inbound rules ⓘ
logging of dropped packets ⓘ
logging of successful connections ⓘ
outbound rules ⓘ
port and protocol combinations ⓘ
port-based filtering ⓘ
profile-based configuration ⓘ
program-based rules ⓘ
protocol-based filtering ⓘ
service-based rules ⓘ
stateful packet inspection ⓘ
uses Windows Filtering Platform ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows Firewall → advancedConfigurationTool → Windows Firewall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Firewall with Advanced Security MMC snap-in
Control Panel → includesApplet → Windows Firewall ⓘ
Windows Firewall → introducedComponent → Windows Firewall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
Windows XP → notableFeature → Windows Firewall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Firewall (Internet Connection Firewall)
Windows Firewall → predecessor → Windows Firewall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Internet Connection Firewall
Windows Firewall → serviceName → Windows Firewall self-link ⓘ
Windows → supportsSecurityFeature → Windows Firewall ⓘ