Access Control

[The IPv6 Internet Connection Firewall is available for use in the operating systems specified in the Requirements section. It is unavailable in subsequent versions. Instead, use the Windows Firewall API.]

These APIs are subject to the following access controls.

• A caller must have administrative or system credentials to call a routine that modifies state. Furthermore, the group policy settings on the machine must allow for firewall configuration.
• All callers can call routines that do not modify state.

The following methods modify state:

• INetFwV6Mgr::put_LogfilePath
• INetFwV6Mgr::put_LogfileMaximumSize
• INetFwV6Mgr::put_LogDroppedPackets
• INetFwV6Mgr::put_LogConnections
• INetFwV6Connection::EnableFirewall
• INetFwV6Connection::DisableFirewall
• INetFwV6Connection::OpenPort
• INetFwV6Connection::ClosePort