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Mahedi Sabuj
Mahedi Sabuj

Reputation: 2944

Windows firewall on/off using JAVA

Is there any way to on/off windows firewall using Java? I search on google and stack-overflow, i don't find anything useful.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1017

Answers (1)

Eric J.
Eric J.

Reputation: 150108

Yes.

There is a COM interface that allows the firewall state to be controlled. Here's an example from MSDN in C++.

Note that your Java program needs elevated permissions to change the setting.

For tips on using COM from Java, see

Is it possible to call a COM API from Java?

Upvotes: 3

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