Windows Defender Firewall: Allow authenticated IPsec bypass
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Defender Firewall
Supported on
At least Windows XP Professional with SP2

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista, WindowsXP

Allows unsolicited incoming messages from specified systems that authenticate using the IPsec transport. If you enable this policy setting, you must type a security descriptor containing a list of computers or groups of computers. If a computer on that list authenticates using IPsec, Windows Defender Firewall does not block its unsolicited messages. This policy setting overrides other policy settings that would block those messages. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Windows Defender Firewall makes no exception for messages sent by computers that authenticate using IPsec. If you enable this policy setting and add systems to the list, upon disabling this policy, Windows Defender Firewall deletes the list. Note: You define entries in this list by using Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) strings. For more information about the SDDL format, see the Windows Defender Firewall deployment information at the Microsoft Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=25131).

Internal name
WF_AuthenticatedBypass_Name
Policy ID
e7dbfbbacfcb
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Define IPsec peers to be exempted from firewall policy:
ID WF_AuthenticatedBypass_List_Name
text
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\IPSec\ICFv4
Value name
BypassFirewall
Type
REG_SZ
None
Define IPsec peers to be exempted from firewall policy:
Computer · Type text
Registry mapping
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\IPSec\ICFv4
Value name
BypassFirewall
Type
REG_SZ
DetailsNone