[OpenAFS] 1.7.1 and Windows Firewall

Jeffrey Altman jaltman@your-file-system.com
Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:39:41 -0400


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On 9/16/2011 10:25 AM, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> we noticed that it's necessary to manually open the Firewall for the AF=
S
> CacheManager Callback (UDP) feature by checking the checkbox for
> "Home/Work (Private)". "Public" is checked automatically. I'm not
> usually a Windows user, so I don't know if that is to be expected or
> not? It doesn't make sense to me that the Firewall would be opened for
> "Public" networks, but not for "Private" ones ...

The firewall policy modification code has not changed since XP SP2.
It is located in src/WINNT/afsd/afsicf.cpp.  Enterprising users are
encouraged to modify the code to support not only the changes in the
Windows 7 Firewall but also detect and configure third party firewall
products.



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