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Managing Windows Firewall settings
From the course: Ansible for Windows Administration
Managing Windows Firewall settings
- [Instructor] Properly managing Windows firewall settings is really important for maintaining system security and reducing the risk of malicious external attacks. In this video, we'll look at how to use Ansible to manage and configure Windows firewall settings to enhance security. Imagine your network as a high security office building. The building is like your computer or server containing valuable data and resources. The doors are the ports on your computer through which traffic data can enter and leave. And the visitors are the incoming and outgoing network traffic, representing people trying to access different areas of the building, websites, services applications. The firewall acts as the security guard at each door, controlling who can enter or exit. Inbound rules define who is allowed inside the building while outbound rules define who is allowed to leave. Just like a good security guard, the firewall only allows authorized visitors into specific rooms, blocks unauthorized…
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