From the course: Windows 10: Networking (2018)

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Manage a Windows Defender firewall with advanced security

Manage a Windows Defender firewall with advanced security - Windows Tutorial

From the course: Windows 10: Networking (2018)

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Manage a Windows Defender firewall with advanced security

- [Instructor] Windows Defender Firewall is often the first line of defense to protect a computer from outside attacks. It does this by providing a two-way vigilant inspection of the packets that carry data into and out of a network. Rules define what type of data can move in and out. You can see the most basic settings in Windows Defender Firewall . I'll open this by typing "firewall" in the search box on the taskbar. Here's Windows Defender Firewall, and I'll click to open. Here you can see the firewall status, and the network profile that's applied. In addition, you can access options to turn on or off the firewall, among other things. But you can't create new firewall rules here, or review the rules already in place. To do these things, you need to click Advanced Settings. This opens Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security. You can monitor the firewall here, by clicking Monitoring in the left pane. You can see the state of the firewall, as well as other information…

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