Windows Defender

What does Windows Defender Firewall implement to filter inbound and outbound network traffic?

a personal/host firewall

What can the basic Settings app interface do for Windows Defender Firewall?

activate or deactivate the firewall for a given network profile and add exceptions that allow a process to accept inbound connections

What does the Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security console allow you to configure?

custom inbound and outbound filtering rules

What can the default inbound and outbound policy be set to for each profile type?

block or allow

What can each firewall rule be configured as to override the default policy?

a block or allow action

What can firewall rules use as triggers to override the default policy?

trigger ports, applications, and/or addresses

What are port security triggers based on?

the TCP or UDP port number used by the application protocol

What does blocking TCP/80 prevent?

clients from connecting to the default port for a web server

What are application security triggers based on?

the process that listens for connections

What are address triggers based on?

the IP or FQDN of the server or client hosts

How can Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security be configured on a domain?

through Group Policy

What management console should be opened on a standalone PC or workgroup?

wf.msc

What can you click on the status page to configure each profile?

Windows Defender Firewall properties

What can be turned on or off in Windows Defender Firewall properties?

the firewall

What can the default policy for inbound and outbound traffic be switched between?

Block and Allow

What does Block do?

stops traffic unless a specific rule allows it

What does Allow do?

accepts all traffic unless a specific rule blocks it

What does Block all connections do?

stops inbound connections regardless of the rules set up

Where do you enable, disable, and configure rules in the main Advanced Firewall console?

the Inbound Rules or Outbound Rules folder