Viewing Windows Firewall Configuration settings in the registry
Windows Firewall Configurations settings are available in the Windows registry, under the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\Mdm\
This is how the above Windows registry fields map to the Windows Firewall Configuration settings in KACE Cloud. For more information about these settings, see Configure Windows Firewall settings in the Library.
| Registry Field | Firewall Configuration Setting in KACE Cloud |
|---|---|
| DisableStatefulFTP | Stateful File Transfer Protocol |
| EnablePacketQueue | Packet Queue |
| IPSecExempt (stored as a bit mask, see Understanding Windows Firewall Configuration Settings in the Event Viewer) | Allow IPSec Exemptions |
| IPSecExempt (stored as a bit mask, see Understanding Windows Firewall Configuration Settings in the Event Viewer) | Allow Neighbor Discovery IPSec Exemptions |
| IPSecExempt (stored as a bit mask, see Understanding Windows Firewall Configuration Settings in the Event Viewer) | Allow ICMP IPSec Exemptions |
| IPSecExempt (stored as a bit mask, see Understanding Windows Firewall Configuration Settings in the Event Viewer) | Allow Router Discovery IPSec Exemptions |
| IPSecExempt (stored as a bit mask, see Understanding Windows Firewall Configuration Settings in the Event Viewer) | Allow DHCP IPSec Exemptions |
| IPSecOpporunisticallyMatchAuthSetPerKM | Key Modules Ignore Unsupported Authentication Suites |
| PresharedKeyEncoding | Pre Shared Key Encoding |
| SAIdlTime | Security Association Idle Time |
| StrongCRLCheck | Certificate Revocation List Verification |
Profile-type registry values are located under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\Mdm\<profile>. In the registry, Standard Profile maps to Private Network types. This is how Windows Firewall profile-level registry fields map to the Windows Firewall Configuration settings in KACE Cloud. For more information about these settings, see Configure Windows Firewall settings in the Library.
| Registry Field | Firewall Configuration Setting in KACE Cloud |
|---|---|
| EnableFirewall | Firewall |
| DisableStealthMode | Block Stealth Mode |
| DisableStealthModeIPsecSecuredPacketExemption | Respond To Unsolicited IPSec Traffic Under Stealth Mode |
| DoNotAllowExceptions | Enable Shielded Mode |
| DisableUnicastResponsesToMulticastBroadcast | Disable Unicast Responses To Multicast Broadcasts |
| DisableNotifications | Disable Inbound Notifications |
| DefaultOutboundAction | Block Outbound Connections |
| DefaultInboundAction | Block Inbound Connections |
| AuthorizedApplications/AllowUserPrefMerge (in sub-directory) | Ignore Local Authorized Application Rules |
| GlobalOpenPorts/AllowUserPrefMerge (in sub-directory) | Ignore Local Global Port Rules |
| AllowLocalPolicyMerge | Ignore All Local Rules |
| AllowLocalIPsecPolicyMerge | Ignore All Local IPSec Rules |