vb6 code to open xp firewall port?

PB · Post by PB » Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:56 am

What exactly is this VB app claiming to do:

http://www.vbcode.com/Asp/showsn.asp?theID=12488

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:52 am

Good question.

PB · Post by PB » Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:08 am

The command it launches is:

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Shell ("netsh firewall set portopening TCP " & Text1.Text)

So what I can gather is that Text1 holds the name of an exe and the command
is telling XP to allow that exe to bypass the Windows Firewall? Sound plausible?

Dare · Post by **Dare** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:32 am

I looked at the link and it offered not much (just about the line you show above) so I googled for the text: netsh firewall set portopening TCP and got a few links which may throw some light on the subject:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839980/
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articl ... ewall.html

Hope they're useful.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:17 am

Nice bit of heavy reading.