how can I determinate if the firewall is enabled on Windows XP? And then, to add two ports? One TCP, one UDP?
As long as my software is 100% legal, Im doing this to make user's life easier. Also, I dont care to make it silently. If windows will display a warning for firewall changes, its ok with me!
> how can I determinate if the firewall is enabled on Windows XP? > And then, to add two ports? One TCP, one UDP?
> As long as my software is 100% legal, Im doing this to make user's life > easier. Also, I dont care to make it silently. If windows will display a > warning for firewall changes, its ok with me!
>> how can I determinate if the firewall is enabled on Windows XP? >> And then, to add two ports? One TCP, one UDP?
>> As long as my software is 100% legal, Im doing this to make user's life >> easier. Also, I dont care to make it silently. If windows will display a >> warning for firewall changes, its ok with me!
> how can I determinate if the firewall is enabled on Windows XP? > And then, to add two ports? One TCP, one UDP?
I think you just try to access the ports with your app, and if Windows Firewall is blocking, it tells the user that your app is trying to access and asks should Win Firewall keep blocking or allow this app.
That happens on my machine all the time with new software that needs port access.
> how can I determinate if the firewall is enabled on Windows XP? > And then, to add two ports? One TCP, one UDP?
In WinXP SP2 or later windows will detect that a program wants to listen on a port and ask the user if they want to allow it to do so. Most other up to date software firewalls do this too. Before that I believe it needs to be opened manually by the user.
The real tricky problem is routers. Look around for info on using Universal Plug and Play to configure the routers from within your program (if the router supports UPnP - most new ones do). IIRC, it wasnt too difficult - there's a com interface you can use.
> how can I determinate if the firewall is enabled on Windows XP? > And then, to add two ports? One TCP, one UDP?
> As long as my software is 100% legal, Im doing this to make user's life > easier. Also, I dont care to make it silently. If windows will display a > warning for firewall changes, its ok with me!
>> how can I determinate if the firewall is enabled on Windows XP? >> And then, to add two ports? One TCP, one UDP?
>> As long as my software is 100% legal, Im doing this to make user's life >> easier. Also, I dont care to make it silently. If windows will display a >> warning for firewall changes, its ok with me!
It's a program, that add's some ports to the firewall. Before that, it checks if XP-Firewall is active and so on. It does not show messages, if the needed ports are already open (for example if the firewall is off)
Its not a program that you can call with parameters. The ports are hard coded. I use it to open ports, that are needed by an other program. I can sipply start it and now my customers don't need to change something in the xp-Firewall.
Please look at const DCNFirewallItems : Array [0..4] of ....
That array can be extended/changed. For each entry you can set Name, Protocol and Port. These are registered as "exception" in the xp-Firewall.
If you compiled the program (i use Delphi 5) and started it, then look in your xp-Firewall. You should find some entrys with "DCN ...".
> But, I run it and nothing happens. Not even a single message ! > Whats wrong?
> Thanks
> "Markus Landwehr" <Markus.Landw...@uni.de> wrote in message > news:453e758f@newsgroups.borland.com... >> Look in borland.public.attachments for "XP Firewall for Bob D". It's a >> litle console app with german comments.
>>> how can I determinate if the firewall is enabled on Windows XP? >>> And then, to add two ports? One TCP, one UDP?
>>> As long as my software is 100% legal, Im doing this to make user's life >>> easier. Also, I dont care to make it silently. If windows will display a >>> warning for firewall changes, its ok with me!
> It's a program, that add's some ports to the firewall. Before that, it > checks if XP-Firewall is active and so on. It does not show messages, if > the needed ports are already open (for example if the firewall is off)
> Its not a program that you can call with parameters. The ports are hard > coded. I use it to open ports, that are needed by an other program. I can > sipply start it and now my customers don't need to change something in the > xp-Firewall.
> Please look at > const > DCNFirewallItems : Array [0..4] of ....
> That array can be extended/changed. For each entry you can set Name, > Protocol and Port. These are registered as "exception" in the xp-Firewall.
> If you compiled the program (i use Delphi 5) and started it, then look in > your xp-Firewall. You should find some entrys with "DCN ...".
>> But, I run it and nothing happens. Not even a single message ! >> Whats wrong?
>> Thanks
>> "Markus Landwehr" <Markus.Landw...@uni.de> wrote in message >> news:453e758f@newsgroups.borland.com... >>> Look in borland.public.attachments for "XP Firewall for Bob D". It's a >>> litle console app with german comments.
>>>> how can I determinate if the firewall is enabled on Windows XP? >>>> And then, to add two ports? One TCP, one UDP?
>>>> As long as my software is 100% legal, Im doing this to make user's life >>>> easier. Also, I dont care to make it silently. If windows will display >>>> a warning for firewall changes, its ok with me!
Hallo Markus! Habe das im Betreff genante Attachment von Dir gesehen. Erlaubst Du mir, den Code für meine Shareware 'DDObjects' zu adaptieren? Selbstverständlich mit Nennung Deines Namens oder anderer von Dir gewünschter Infos in der ReadMe ;-) Viele Grüsse Stefan Meisner
> Hallo Markus! > Habe das im Betreff genante Attachment von Dir gesehen. > Erlaubst Du mir, den Code für meine Shareware 'DDObjects' > zu adaptieren? Selbstverständlich mit Nennung Deines Namens > oder anderer von Dir gewünschter Infos in der ReadMe ;-) > Viele Grüsse > Stefan Meisner
