Comes with Windows and Windows Server: a stateful firewall on each host that inspects traffic in both directions, applies different rules per network profile and can enforce IPsec.
Also called Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security, Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security.
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Terms in this definition
- IPsec
Internet Protocol Security is the set of protocols that negotiates and encrypts the tunnels used by VNet-to-VNet and site-to-site VPNs.
Related terms
- Connection security rules
IPsec rules in the advanced Windows firewall that authenticate and protect machine-to-machine traffic, so normal firewall rules may then permit secured connections only.
- Domain isolation
A Windows Firewall design built on IPsec connection security rules, in which computers joined to the domain take traffic only from fellow members that have authenticated.