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Planning the installation
About using firewalls with Symantec Critical System Protection
4On the Advanced tab, under Internet Connection Firewall, uncheck Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet.
5Click OK.
Disabling Windows Firewall
Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows 2003 Server include a firewall called Windows Firewall that can interfere with network communications. If any of your computers run Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2003, you can disable Windows Firewall before or after you install Symantec Critical System Protection components.
To disable Windows Firewall
1On the Windows XP taskbar, click Start > Control Panel.
2In Control Panel,
3In the Network Connections window,
4On the Advanced tab, under Internet Connection Firewall, click Settings.
5In the Windows Firewall window, on the General tab, uncheck On (recommended).
6Click OK.
About using firewalls with Symantec Critical System Protection
To use Symantec Critical System Protection with a firewall, you need to configure the firewall to support communications by opening ports, or by specifying trusted services.
Note: All ports are default settings that you can change during installation.
You should note the following about using firewalls with Symantec Critical
System Protection:
■The management server uses UDP port 1434 to query the MS SQL Server system and find the port used by the Symantec Critical System Protection instance. Once the MS SQL Server system returns the port for the Symantec Critical System Protection instance, the management server then connects
