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These questions here and here address the same issue but for Windows 7.

Unfortunately, we're stuck on Windows 2003.

Yes, we want to migrate but we have a custom, arcane piece of software tied to Windows 2003 and lack other options at this juncture. Please no suggestions about moving; we know it's a problem and are exploring alternatives.

On Windows 2003, how can you exclude all network traffic, except web traffic, i.e., packets via ports 80 & 443?. There doesn't appear to be a way to configure firewall rules.

Superdumb
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The firewall in Windows 2003 will work the same as it does in XP. If you aren't seeing the control panel (run firewall.cpl) then you might not have it installed. It was not included in RTM flat, you must install the latest service pack. The firewall was introduced in Win2003 SP1 but you really need to be on SP2 for a wide variety of reasons.

  1. Install SP2
  2. Run Windows update
  3. run firewall.cpl

What version are you running? (The final build is 3790)

SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2003#Service_Pack_1

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