Group policy firewall connections not configured

Question

_{Tuesday, January 8, 2019 6:55 AM}

Hi,

Someone has turned on group policies for domain, public and private but the inbound and outbound connections are set to 'Not configured". I assume that means the firewall isnt doing anything?

Thanks

David

All replies (4)

_{Tuesday, January 8, 2019 10:04 AM ✅Answered}

By default, when installing a new server/client the Windows Firewall Private & Public profiles will be On, when you join the server/client to a domain, the Domain profile will be On.

If you have a GPO for the Firewall that is set to Not Configured then the firewall will still be On.

Inbound connections will be blocked (default).

Outbound connections will be allowed (default).

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_{Tuesday, January 8, 2019 8:33 AM}

Hello David!

Unless it isn't configured in any other GPO, then the firewall shouldn't do anything.

Below is a good blog post explaining what these values actually do in clear language:

**Why do Group Policy settings require me to have a degree in philosophy?
**https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20110606-00/?p=10493/

Best regards,
Leon

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_{Tuesday, January 8, 2019 9:21 AM}

Thanks. I know about Group policy application - LSDOU and all that. I was just wondering whether 'not configured' defaulted to Block or Allow.

_{Wednesday, June 17, 2020 3:29 PM}

Hello! So even if Inbound connections is not configured, it is still blocking them?