Programmatically add IP to Server 2008 firewall rule

Question

Anybody know how to programmatically add an IP address to a Server 2008 Windows Firewall with Advanced Security rule?

i.e. I've setup a Block Action firewall rule which has some IP addresses listed under the "Remote IP address" section of the Scope. I want to be able to programmatically add (or perhaps remove) IP addresses from this list. Are there .NET objects available to do this?

Answer 1

The Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Start Page can be found at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff956124(v=VS.85).aspx

Specifically, it seems you need the INetFwRule Interface which is described at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365344(v=VS.85).aspx

Check the get_RemoteAddresses and put_RemoteAddresses

Answer 2

You can also try the netsh environment.
I used it once for changing the MTU of my interface