Another quick post!
I am a frequent traveler, and as such I like to be able to turn on (or off) my Windows firewall quickly. The Windows firewall in Windows XP isn't perfect, but I would suggest using it or something else whenever connecting to public WIFI.
Here is the script I use, which simply prompts you if you want your firewall on or off and uses NETSH to accomplish the task:
@echo off
color 0a
cls
:local_question
echo.
echo Do you want to enable or disable the firewall?
echo.
echo ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
echo º A. Enable º º B. Disable º
echo ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
echo.
set localchoice=
set /p localchoice= Press A for enable or B for disable:
if not '%localchoice%'=='' set finalchoice=%finalchoice:~0,1%
if '%localchoice%'=='A' goto start
if '%localchoice%'=='a' goto start
if '%localchoice%'=='B' goto stop
if '%localchoice%'=='b' goto stop
@ECHO.
@ECHO "%localchoice%" is not valid please try again
goto local_question
:stop
netsh firewall set opmode disable
goto end
:start
netsh firewall set opmode enable
goto end
:end
echo The End.
ping 127.0.0.1 > nul
exit
Have a good start to November!
-Derek