How to enable and disable and config firewall windows xp by command line

Refer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947709

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Enable by port & exe

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Sample old

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netsh firewall add portopening TCP 80 “HTTP”

netsh firewall add portopening TCP 23 “Telnet”

netsh firewall add allowedprogram C:\MyApp\MyApp.exe "My Application" ENABLE

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Sample new server 2008

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netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=”HTTP” dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=80

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=”My Application” dir=in action=allow program=”C:\MyApp\MyApp.exe” enable=yes

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Disable by port & exe

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Sample old

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netsh firewall delete allowedprogram C:\MyApp\MyApp.exe

delete portopening protocol=UDP port=500

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Sample new server 2008

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netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=rule name program=”C:\MyApp\MyApp.exe”

netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name=rule name protocol=udp localport=500

Restore policy defaults

netsh firewall reset

netsh advfirewall reset

Enable Windows Firewall

netsh firewall set opmode ENABLE

netsh firewall set opmode DISABLE