The Windows 7 firewall controls traffic that your computer
exchanges with the network or Internet and it uses rules to
control this behaviour. A single firewall rule allows you to
control how a specific type of network traffic behaves. The best
to way to understand WFAS (Windows Firewall with Advanced
Security) is by setting up a test rule as we are going to see in
this article. We will configure a firewall rule that accepts
only authenticated RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) connections
from hosts on a specific or same subnet: Windows Firewall and
WFAS work together on Windows 7 computers. WFAS allows you to
configure inbound and outbound firewall rules based on ports,
programs, and services. In addition, it allows you to set a rule
scope and authentication. In this article we will see the main
configuration elements you need to know when creating firewall
rules using the WFAS. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
(WFAS) allows you to create rules based on port addresses and
services, unlike the basic Window