Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 SDK

IFWXFirewallAction

The IFWXFirewallAction interface cancels a firewall action.

Methods in Vtable Order

The IFWXFirewallAction interface inherits the methods of the standard COM interface IUnknown.

In addition, IFWXFirewallAction defines the following method.

Method Description
Cancel Cancels a Microsoft Firewall service action.

Remarks

A filter may request that the Firewall service perform a firewall action, such as connecting to a certain target, based on a firewall event or address. A firewall action is always requested in anticipation of an event that may not occur. This interface permits cancellation of the Firewall service action request. Typically, a firewall action relates only to events for which a filter is not registered.

For example, if the action is the future establishment of a secondary connection, the IFWXFirewallAction interface can be used to cancel the action if the primary connection is terminated.

The firewall may automatically cancel certain actions, including:

Requirements

Server: Requires Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000.
Version: Requires Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004.
Header: Declared in Wspfwext.idl.

See Also

Filter Interfaces