Windows Security Log Event ID 848

Operating Systems Windows 2003 and XP
CategoryPolicy Change
Type Success
Corresponding events
in Windows 2008
and Vista
4944  

848: The following policy was active when the Windows Firewall started

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This event is logged once each time Windows Firewall start which is usually at boot up.  This event documents the highlevel policy settings in effect at the time of startup.

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Description Fields in 848

  • Group Policy Applied: should indicate whether Windows Firewall was getting its settings from Group Policy or the system's local policy but this appears to always say "No"
  • Profile Used: "Standard" or "Domain".  Windows Firewall seems to always start in Public and then switch to Domain shortly after if appropriate.
  • Interfaces: which NICs? "All interfaces", if all.
  • Operational mode: Whether Windows Firewall was enabled or not.  Should usually say "On".

Services

  • File and Printer Sharing: Disabled/Enabled
  • Remote Desktop: Disabled/Enabled
  • UPnP Framework: Disabled/Enbabled
  • Allow Remote Administration: Disabled/Enbabled
  • Allow Unicast Responses to Multicast/Broadcast Traffic: Enabled/Disabled

Security Logging:

The logging referred to here has nothing to do with the Security event log; instead it's referring to the C:\Windows\system32\LogFiles\Firewall\pfirewall.log log.

These fields corresponds to the check box in the Customize Loggin Settings for the Public/Domain Profile dialog in Windows Firewall with Advanced Security MMC console.

  • Log dropped packets: Disabled/Enabled/-
  • Log successful connections: Disabled/Enabled/-

ICMP:

  • Allow incoming echo request: Disabled/Enabled/-
  • Allow incoming timestamp request: Disabled/Enabled/-
  • Allow incoming mask request: Disabled/Enabled/-
  • Allow incoming router request: Disabled/Enabled/-
  • Allow outgoing destination unreachable: Disabled/Enabled/-
  • Allow outgoing source quench: Disabled/Enabled/-
  • Allow outgoing parameter problem: Disabled/Enabled/-
  • Allow outgoing time exceeded: Disabled/Enabled/-
  • Allow redirect: Disabled/Enabled/-
  • Allow outgoing packet too big: Disabled/Enabled/-

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Examples of 848

The following policy was active when the Windows Firewall started.

Group Policy applied: No
Profile used: Standard
Interface: All interfaces
Operational mode: On
Services:

File and Printer Sharing: Disabled
Remote Desktop: Enabled
UPnP Framework: Disabled
Allow remote administration: Disabled
Allow unicast responses to multicast/broadcast traffic: Disabled

Security Logging:

Log dropped packets: Disabled
Log successful connections: Disabled

ICMP:

Allow incoming echo request: Enabled
Allow incoming timestamp request: Disabled
Allow incoming mask request: Disabled
Allow incoming router request: Disabled
Allow outgoing destination unreachable: Disabled
Allow outgoing source quench: Disabled
Allow outgoing parameter problem: Disabled
Allow outgoing time exceeded: Disabled
Allow redirect: Disabled
Allow outgoing packet too big: Disabled

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