Configuring Windows Firewall You are a desktop technician in the IT department o

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Configuring Windows Firewall You are a desktop technician in the IT department of a small corporation. Today is the day of the company picnic and, as the junior member of the department, you have been left in charge of the entire corporate network while everyone else is out of the office. Shortly after 2:00 PM, an email arrives from the company’s biggest customer, complaining that they can’t access the web server they use to place their orders. After checking the web server logs, it seems clear that the server is undergoing a denial-of-service attack, because there are suddenly hundreds of Internet computers repeatedly trying to access it. What temporary modifications could you make to Windows Firewall on the Windows 8 computer that stands between the web server and the Internet that would allow customers to access the web server while blocking the attackers?

Reference: Zacker, C. (2014). Configuring Windows 8, (exam 70-687). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 9781118901182

Explanation / Answer

FIRST,

By blocking all traffic that is coming to the firewall will stop the denial of service(DOS) attack.

Then determine which part is needed server access.

Then need to create rule that will allow people to access the server back to the server and at the same time blocking the attack.

TO DO THIS

To this click start / control panel / system and security / window firewalls / advanced setting and make your change to block all ports on the computer.

Then you will need to set rule to allow the wanted traffic to access the server to the process order by customers.

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