Windows Security Log Event ID 861

Operating Systems Windows 2003 and XP
CategoryProcess Tracking
Type Success
Corresponding events
in Windows 2008
and Vista
5154 , 5155  

861: The Windows Firewall has detected an application listening for incoming traffic

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This event documents applications that request to open UDP or TCP ports in listening mode and whether the request was allowed.

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Description Fields in 861

  • Name: the name of the application
  • Path: full path name of program listening for incomming traffic 
  • Process identifier: PID of process - same as in event ID 592 and in Task Manager
  • User account: user account process running as
  • User domain: domain of user account
  • Service: Yes or No - is the application is a system service?
  • RPC server: Yes or No - is it on an RPC server?
  • IP version: IPv4  or IPv6
  • IP protocol: UDP or TCP 
  • Port number: self explanatory 
  • Allowed: Yes or No - did Windows allow the application to open the port?
  • User notified: Yes or No - did Windows notify user with a dialog box?

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Examples of 861

The Windows Firewall has detected an application listening for incoming traffic.
 
Name: -
Path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
Process identifier: 428
User account: SYSTEM
User domain: NT AUTHORITY
Service: Yes
RPC server: No
IP version: IPv4
IP protocol: UDP
Port number: 4500
Allowed: Yes
User notified: No

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