IFWXFirewall interface

Applies to: desktop apps only

The IFWXFirewall interface provides application filter access to Microsoft Firewall service functions that are not tied to any specific user session.

The Firewall service implements this interface and passes it to the IFWXFilter::FilterInit method.

Members

The IFWXFirewall interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. IFWXFirewall also has these types of members:

• Methods

Methods

The IFWXFirewall interface has these methods.

Method	Description
CreateBuffer	Creates (allocates) a buffer object of the given size.
CreateConstBuffer	Creates a buffer object that wraps a user-supplied memory buffer.
CreateIpFilter	Creates an IP filter object that implements the IFWXIpFilter interface.
CreateNetworkSocket	Creates a socket object that works with the dynamic packet filtering scheme.
CreateOverlapped	Creates an overlapped object that supports the IFWXOverlapped interface for use with handles hooked to the completion port with the HookToCompletionPort method.
CreatePrivateSession	Creates a private session object for a given client.
CreateWindowBuffer	Creates a buffer object that represents a window inside another buffer.
EndHeavyBlockingOperation	Notifies the Firewall service that a lengthy blocking operation has ended.
GetClientSession	Retrieves or, if necessary, creates a session object for a specified client address.
GetHostByAddr	Retrieves host information corresponding to an address.
GetHostByName	Retrieves host information corresponding to a host name.
HookToCompletionPort	Associates a handle with the Firewall service completion port.
StartHeavyBlockingOperation	Notifies the Firewall service that a thread is busy with a lengthy blocking operation.

 

Requirements

Minimum supported client	None supported
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 with SP2 (64-bit only)
Version	Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010
Header	Wspfwext.idl

See also

Filter Interfaces

 

 

Build date: 7/12/2010