Python & firewall control (Win32)

[Tom Anderson]

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Tim Williams wrote:

> Does anyone know of (personal/desktop) firewall that can be controlled 
> via Python, or a Python Firewall package, or even something like DAXFi 
> but not dormant ?
>
> The XP native firewall appears to have an API, but I'm not convinced I 
> want to go that route unless it is relatively simple.

http://wipfw.sourceforge.net/

import os
def deny(src, dst, proto="all"):
 	cmd = "ipfw add deny " + proto + " from " + src + " to " + dst
 	os.system(cmd)

ipfw for Windows is technically in beta, but ipfw itself is rock solid.

tom

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