Opening ports

[MBordelon]

What is the command or procedure for opening specific ports in Windows Server
2003?

 

[S. Pidgorny]

In the Windows Firefall, you mean? The command is "netsh firewall add
portopening ?" - that will display various options for opening ports using
netsh.

--
Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
-= F1 is the key =-

* http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *


"MBordelon" <MBordelon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is the command or procedure for opening specific ports in Windows
> Server
> 2003?

 

[MBordelon]

When I finally got the sytax correct, I get the mesage "The service has not
been started". Is there a way to open a specific port when the firewall is
turned off?

"S. Pidgorny <MVP>" wrote:

> In the Windows Firefall, you mean? The command is "netsh firewall add
> portopening ?" - that will display various options for opening ports using
> netsh.
>
> --
> Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
> -= F1 is the key =-
>
> * http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *
>
>
> "MBordelon" <MBordelon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5FF600D7-4821-45C1-9248-3F06E39E5B94@microsoft.com...
> > What is the command or procedure for opening specific ports in Windows
> > Server
> > 2003?
>
>
>

 

[Steve Riley [MSFT]]

There will be no need to "open ports" when the firewall is switched off. All
listening ports will be able to receive incoming traffic in this case.

--
Steve Riley
steve.riley@microsoft.com
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley
http://www.protectyourwindowsnetwork.com



"MBordelon" <MBordelon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80FBBC34-614F-4700-89D3-FEB112E1F5B5@microsoft.com...
> When I finally got the sytax correct, I get the mesage "The service has
> not
> been started". Is there a way to open a specific port when the firewall is
> turned off?
>
> "S. Pidgorny <MVP>" wrote:
>
>> In the Windows Firefall, you mean? The command is "netsh firewall add
>> portopening ?" - that will display various options for opening ports
>> using
>> netsh.
>>
>> --
>> Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
>> -= F1 is the key =-
>>
>> * http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *
>>
>>
>> "MBordelon" <MBordelon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5FF600D7-4821-45C1-9248-3F06E39E5B94@microsoft.com...
>> > What is the command or procedure for opening specific ports in Windows
>> > Server
>> > 2003?
>>
>>
>>

 

[Daniel Petri]

I could be wrong but I think you mean "open a port" as in "configure the
computer to start listening to that port". Am I correct? If so, in order to
open a port you'll need to bind a listening service or application to it.
You cannot just open ports, you need something to listen to that port.

--
Sincerely,

Daniel Petri
MVP, Senior IT consultant, trainer
www.petri.co.il

"MBordelon" <MBordelon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:80FBBC34-614F-4700-89D3-FEB112E1F5B5@microsoft.com...
> When I finally got the sytax correct, I get the mesage "The service has
> not
> been started". Is there a way to open a specific port when the firewall is
> turned off?
>
> "S. Pidgorny <MVP>" wrote:
>
>> In the Windows Firefall, you mean? The command is "netsh firewall add
>> portopening ?" - that will display various options for opening ports
>> using
>> netsh.
>>
>> --
>> Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
>> -= F1 is the key =-
>>
>> * http://sl.mvps.org * http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp *
>>
>>
>> "MBordelon" <MBordelon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5FF600D7-4821-45C1-9248-3F06E39E5B94@microsoft.com...
>> > What is the command or procedure for opening specific ports in Windows
>> > Server
>> > 2003?
>>
>>
>>