Hello to all.
Original topics:
hxxp://answers.microsoft.com/it-it/windows/forum/windows8_1-security/segnalazione-possibili-bug-nel-firewall-di-windows/e2cafcb9-6cf1-44ea-ab6b-bbcb92a18c1b
hxxp://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-security/reporting-possible-bugs-in-the-windows-firewall-of/a9f47f20-6d7b-4f27-964c-5504edbb62ee
I think I found some bugs in the Windows Firewall.
I do not remember if they were/are also present
in Windows 8, but I think so.
I do not know if they are present in Windows
7.
Not knowing where and to whom to send them,
I'm trying here, with the hope
that this is the right place (to allow
Microsoft to fix them).
Operating System: Windows 8.1 x64 update
1.
- I changed the Windows font size from Control Panel\Appearance and Personalisation\Display, change the size of all items, larger (150%).
- I changed the setting NX=AlwaysOn (DEP always on), by:
bcdedit /set {current} nx AlwaysOn
- I modified the default rules of the firewall (I exported the standard criteria and saved in a file - import/export policy), created my own rules, blocked all outgoing connections (except those I created with my rules).
Problem No. 1: every
x minutes, x hours or x
days, some
predefined rules
of
APP are reappearing; I solve
the problem by re-import my criteria
(I have saved them because
this problem happens - import/export policy)
Problem No. 2:
after copying
a rule (in Inbound
or outbound),
just copy
a single character
of text
(in any other rule)
and
Microsoft
Management
Console (MMC),
which obviously is invoked to make visible
and configurable Windows firewall with Advanced Security,
stops working.
Always.
Problem No. 3:
some environment variables
do not seem to
work; I think in particular
the variable %userprofile%, since
often I have to change that variable
with c:\users\my-user-name.
Request: would be nice if the firewall might display notification messages for outgoing connections.
Thanks in advance for any replies and/or confirmations.
- Edited by xilolee Monday, February 02, 2015 8:52 PM