NsisFirewall plug-in - Revision history

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			Common HRESULT values:
			0x800706D9 - The firewall is not running, the exact error is "There are no more endpoints available from the endpoint mapper."

	== Download ==		== Download ==

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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	[http://wiz0u.free.fr/prog/nsisFirewall/ nsisFirewall Plugin Homepage]		[http://wiz0u.free.fr/prog/nsisFirewall/ nsisFirewall Plugin Homepage] - Version 1.1

	== Presentation ==		== Presentation ==

Wizou: /* Download */

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	== Download ==		== Download ==
	~~This plug-in is released under the GPL licence~~ : ~~ZIP archive contains the plug-in DLL as well as documentation, source code and sample script~~		[http://wiz0u.free.fr/prog/nsisFirewall/ nsisFirewall Plugin Homepage]

	~~[http://wiz0u.free.fr/prog/nsisFirewall/ nsisFirewall Plugin Homepage]~~		ZIP archive contains the plug-in DLL as well as documentation, source code and sample script

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	[http://wiz0u.free.fr/prog/nsisFirewall/ nsisFirewall Plugin Homepage]		[http://wiz0u.free.fr/prog/nsisFirewall/ nsisFirewall Plugin Homepage]

	== ~~Description~~ ==		== Presentation ==
	~~Presentation~~

	'''nsisFirewall''' is a small NSIS plugin that allows you to perform easily 2 tasks :		'''nsisFirewall''' is a small NSIS plugin that allows you to perform easily 2 tasks :

88.165.135.224: nsisFirewall

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nsisFirewall

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== Links ==
[http://wiz0u.free.fr/prog/nsisFirewall/ nsisFirewall Plugin Homepage]

== Description ==
Presentation

'''nsisFirewall''' is a small NSIS plugin that allows you to perform easily 2 tasks :
* Add an application to Windows Firewall exception list
* Remove an application from Windows Firewall exception list

There exist already 2 NSIS plugins that deal with [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/security/winfirewall.mspx Windows built-in Firewall] :
* A [[NSIS Simple Firewall Plugin|big one]] providing a lot of functionalities : Most of them you will probably never use
* A [[Firewall-Disabler plug-in|small one]] that can only disable/enable the firewall globally : This is a '''completely insecure''' idea !!! ''(nsisFirewall is even smaller than this one)''

'''But''' what most installers requires is only a '''simple way to ensure the application about to be installed will be able to access Internet'''. And in particular :
* You don't want to wonder if this version of Windows has a built-in Firewall : nsisFirewall can be used on all version of Windows and will report gracefully if the action could not be performed
* You don't want to wonder if the built-in Firewall is currently enabled or not : Just register your application. So if the Firewall gets activated, you can still access Internet
* You don't want to disable the Firewall globally, even temporarily : This is insecure ! Do you think the user would be happy with that ?
* You don't need to open a specific port : By registering your application, you give it already full right to access Internet and listen to incoming connection

So here comes [http://wiz0u.free.fr/prog/nsisFirewall/ nsisFirewall]

== Usage ==
The following is taken from the readme file in the downloadable zip file:

<pre>
nsisFirewall::AddAuthorizedApplication "<application path>" "<rule name>"
nsisFirewall::RemoveAuthorizedApplication "<application path>"

<application path> is the full path to the application you want to be authorized
to access the network (or accept incoming connections)

<rule name> is the title that will be given to this exception entry in the
firewall control panel list

Return Value
------------

Those 2 functions returns an integer status on the top of the stack
Possible status are:
0: Action was performed successfully
<0: An error occured (the value is an HRESULT error code, see MSDN for
information)
>0: this should never be returned (positive HRESULTs are success codes)
</pre>

== Download ==
This plug-in is released under the GPL licence : ZIP archive contains the plug-in DLL as well as documentation, source code and sample script

[http://wiz0u.free.fr/prog/nsisFirewall/ nsisFirewall Plugin Homepage]

[[Category:Plugins]]