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"Malm32" <antreas7@bluebottle.com> wrote in message
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> what i meant was if there is something like a priviledge as
> SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME that enables you to shutdown
> windows but what i need is something different that will enable
> my program to be able to receive information on a single port
> that can be opened.

Again, what you are looking for is called a socket, and sockets is not
subject to security privileges.

> what i need is to bypass the windows firewall prior to XPSP2
> that asks the user to unblock the program.

You cannot bypass the firewall.  That defeats the purpose of having a
running firewall in the first place.

> The versions before that do not ask at all.

Of course not, because they do not have a built-in firewall like XP does.

> Is there any way to bypass it from code?

No.

> Just like many other programs do it?

Other programs DO NOT bypass the firewall.

> Apart from that i have seen that many programs detect even if there
> is a upnp firewall enabled and find that specific ports that either the
> user has opened manually or open some themselves!!!

That is a completely different issue.  UPnP is designed (amongst other
things) to allow programs to interact with firewalls.  They are not
bypassing the firewall at all - they are cooperating with it.

> Do you know of any library that enables this feature?

    Overview of Network Address Translation (NAT) in Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/nattrnsv.mspx

    Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Client Support

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/plan/insidenet/sohonet/upnpsup.mspx

    Internet Connection Sharing and Internet Connection Firewall
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ics/ics/portal.asp

    Windows Firewall Reference

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ics/ics/windows_firewall_reference.asp

    UPnP APIs

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/upnp/upnp/universal_plug_and_play_start_page.asp


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