Questions About Windows Firewall and Domain Policy Enforcement

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From: Leo Alls (Leo_Alls_at_ncauditor.net)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:20:04 -0500

I have a Windows 2000 domain that has 200 workstations most of which are
still only running XP w/SP1. We haven't been able to move everyone to SP2
because of the problems that have arisen.

Problem 1: 90% of the workstations need to have the firewalls activated
because of the way they travel around and the networks that they are subject
to attach to.

Problem 2: The workstations need to be able to be managed on all the
workstations when they are connected to the domain.

Problem 3: If we enable the firewall locally on the workstations then the
domain policies do not over ride the local setting.

Problem 4: If we disable the firewall settings locally then the domain
policy Domain Profile settings takes over and functions properly as long as
there is no Standard Profile configured. If you created a Standard Profile
in the policy then it applies that setting over the Domain Profile. This
problem doesn't matter whether you are on the domain network or not.

Question 1: Is there a way to enforce the domain policy firewall settings
even if the firewall was activated locally?

Question 2: Is there a way to enforce the Domain Profile to work over the
Standard Profile when connected to the domain and the Standard to be the
default when not connected to the domain?

TIA,
Leo

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