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Make disabling the firewall service optional #55

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TraGicCode opened this issue Aug 4, 2017 · 3 comments
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Make disabling the firewall service optional #55

TraGicCode opened this issue Aug 4, 2017 · 3 comments
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According to Microsoft, if you want to turn off the firewall you should do so by turning off the profiles but not disabling the windows service. This causes VERY bad things to happen since it's an integral part of the networking stack on windows. Therefore i think there should be some sort of feature to say disable the profiles but leave the service running.

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https://msdn.microsoft.com/nl-nl/library/cc766337(v=ws.10).aspx
https://serverfault.com/questions/520509/how-can-i-back-up-my-recommendation-to-not-disable-the-windows-firewall-service

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TraGicCode commented Aug 7, 2017

Ran into another issue when the service is disabled. the Windows update client just stays at 0 % downloading of updates and never moves. Turning back on the windows firewall service fixed the issue instantly...

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https://www.tenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/32781-windows-update-error-0x800706d9.html

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TraGicCode commented Sep 24, 2017

Duplicate of #54

@TraGicCode TraGicCode marked this as a duplicate of #54 Sep 25, 2017
@TraGicCode TraGicCode added the duplicate This issue or pull request already exists label Sep 25, 2017
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nmaludy commented Apr 12, 2018

I just ran into this too, here is a hacky workaround:

  class { '::windows_firewall':
    ensure => 'stopped',
  }

  Service<| title == 'windows_firewall' |> {
    ensure => 'running',
    enable => true,
  }

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