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AnthonyG
June 7th, 2006, 03:21 AM
Can i just enquire if anyone knows if it is possible to block outbound internet access to a specfic application via Windows Firewall present on XP-SP2.

Is so how would i do it. As all i can find is for allowing blocked programs, not actually blocking allowed programs.

Thanks
Anthony

Mem
June 7th, 2006, 05:54 PM
Win XP Firewall has no outbound control ability. You can not control applications connection out with it but you could use IPSec - complicated and only with XP Pro I believe. If you want outbound control your best bet is to try a 3rd party firewall or something like appdefend.

Here's one example site... I know MS has a KB article on it as well but don't remember it's spec number:
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~mchugha/w2kfirewall.htm