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Internet Connection Firewall and Basic Firewall do not block Internet Protocol Version 6 trafficArticle ID: 306203 - View products that this article applies to. This article was previously published under Q306203 On This PageSYMPTOMS With Microsoft Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) installed
and Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) or Basic Firewall enabled, the firewall
filters Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) traffic, but the basic firewall and
the ICF do not block or filter IPv6 traffic. Note ICF is available on Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition and Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition. Basic Firewall is a component of Routing and Remote Access that you can enable for any public interface on a computer that is running Routing and Remote Access and is a member of the Windows Server 2003 family. CAUSEICF in Windows XP and Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1), and
ICF and Basic Firewall in Windows Server 2003, filter IPv4 traffic only.
RESOLUTIONWindows XPTo resolve this problem, obtain and install the Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP. For additional information about the Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:817778
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817778/EN-US/
)
Overview of the Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP
WORKAROUNDTo work around this behavior, obtain firewall software that
can filter and block IPv6 traffic. MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 320855 For additional information on IPv6, see the
following Microsoft Web site:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320855/EN-US/
)
Description of the Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb530961.aspx For security information for IPv6, see the following Microsoft Web
site:
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb530961.aspx)
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b5306e70-43ca-40ff-8de7-2f142ea2b7a21033.mspx
(http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/b5306e70-43ca-40ff-8de7-2f142ea2b7a21033.mspx)
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