IPv6 in Microsoft Windows-based Firewalls - HPCpublic
www.hpc.mil › program-areas › networking-overviewOct 03, 2013 · Enabling IPv6 in Microsoft Windows-based Firewalls. Most of the settings available in the basic Windows Firewall are IP-agnostic, so filtering rules apply equally to IPv4 and IPv6. This has been the case since the Windows Firewall became IPv6-aware in Windows XP Service Pack 2. Even in Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, most filtering rules are still either port-oriented (specified IP ports) or application-oriented (specified applications that use those ports).