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From: Lee, C. <Col...@Pe...> - 2011-02-01 17:20:09
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I noticed that WiX v3.5 includes new support for firewall exceptions for Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. That's the name of the new firewall in Windows 7 and Windows Vista, which happens to support many more attributes for firewall rules and exceptions. However, it appears some new firewall exception attributes are not supported by WiX yet. Notably, support is missing for outbound exceptions. Since Windows Firewall with Advanced Security allows all outbound traffic to cross the firewall *by default*, most users will not need outbound firewall exceptions because their default firewall configuration is permissive. However, secure sites *do* need outbound firewall exceptions in case their default firewall behavior has been changed by a site administrator. I was wondering if anyone is developing a "direction" attribute to add to the FirewallException WiX extension. If not, I will ask my employer if I may work on it. I would like to have this support for projects I am working on. Please let me know if someone is already developing this support. Thanks, Colin Lee CM Install Development Pearson VUE |