Windows Security Log Event ID 5442

Operating Systems Windows 2008 R2 and 7
Windows 2012 R2 and 8.1
Windows 2016 and 10
Windows Server 2019 and 2022
Category
 • Subcategory
Policy Change
 • Filtering Platform Policy Change
Type Success
Corresponding events
in Windows 2003
and before
 

5442: The following provider was present when the Windows Filtering Platform Base Filtering Engine started

On this page

This event is logged for each Windows Filtering Platform Provider present when the base engine starts as part of Windows boot up.

The Windows Filtering Platform is a foundation component of Windows that provides an API and base filtering engine upon which other network filtering applications are built including several other Windows networking components and potentially 3rd party applications. 

A WFP Provider is a Windows component or 3rd party application that that has built a solution on WFP.  The default, built-in providers are:

  • IPsec Policyagent
  • Windows Firewall
  • Windows IPSec

This event does not indicate a change - it just documents the providers present at the time of startup.

Provider ID: Globally unique identifier of the provider

Provider Name: name of the provider

Provider Type: Normally "Persistent" but may report as "Disabled" or similar wording if engine has problem with provider.

Free Security Log Resources by Randy

Description Fields in 5442

  • Provider ID: %1
  • Provider Name: %2
  • Provider Type: %3

Setup PowerShell Audit Log Forwarding in 4 Minutes

 

Examples of 5442

The following provider was present when the Windows Filtering Platform Base Filtering Engine started.

Provider ID: {aa6a7d87-7f8f-4d2a-be53-fda555cd5fe3}
Provider Name: IPsec Policyagent
Provider Type: Persistent

Top 10 Windows Security Events to Monitor

Free Tool for Windows Event Collection

 

Additional Resources

    Go To Event ID:

    Security Log
    Quick Reference
    Chart
    Download now!