New-FirewallRule

SYNOPSIS

Create a new Windows Firewall Rule.

SYNTAX

New-FirewallRule [[-Port] <Int32>] [[-Protocol] <String>] [[-Store] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

This function is wrapper for New-NetFirewallRule with the goal of making it easier to create simple firewall rules and have consistent naming.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

New-FirewallRule -Port 6060

This example creats a new firewall rule to allow connections on tcp/6060.

PARAMETERS

-Port

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Protocol

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: TCP
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Store

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 3
Default value: PersistentStore
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

None.

OUTPUTS

None.

NOTES

Author: @torggler

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