XP Firewall Standard Profile – Unicast Response

From Windows XP Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of XP Firewall Standard – Unicast Response

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

SV-18465r2_rule XP Firewall Standard Profile – Unicast Response

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The receipt of unicast responses to outgoing multicast or broadcast messages will be blocked when not connected to the domain.

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Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Network -> Network Connections -> Windows Firewall -> Standard Profile "Windows Firewall: Prohibit unicast response to multicast or broadcast requests" to "Enabled". Configure a comparable setting if a third-party firewall is used.

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