Re: SP2 Security Center Integration

From: Rob Kennedy (me3_at_privacy.net)
Date: 08/12/04


Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:54:07 -0500

Andreas Schwarz wrote:
> Does anyone know how to integrate a software into the Windows Security
> Center of SP2,
>
> For example , to registering a Firewall and update the status at WSC.

Have you visited MSDN yet? Here is the front page of the Firewall API:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ics/ics/windows_firewall_start_page.asp

Also check out MSDN's main security page and the SP2 security
information for developers. Respectively:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/productinfo/xpsp2/default.aspx

Larry Osterman, on his Web log, described how he manipulated the system
firewall for Windows Media Player. It was a series of three posts late
last month, plus a follow-up this morning, which you may find helpful:

http://weblogs.asp.net/larryosterman/archive/2004/07/26/197331.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/larryosterman/archive/2004/07/27/199048.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/larryosterman/archive/2004/07/28/200023.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/larryosterman/archive/2004/08/11/212975.aspx

SP2 has only been available for a very short time, so there probably
isn't much peer information you can get about it, especially if you're
only interested in Delphi-specific discussions. On the bright side, you
now have the opportunity to be the SP2 security expert on this newsgroup.

-- 
Rob


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