Adding port 443 to Windows 7 firewall
This post provides the necessary steps to help you add port 443 into your windows 7 firewall.
Inbound Rules
- Go to Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall
- Go to Advanced settings from the left hand side.
- On the left hand side of the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security page, click on Inbound Rules.
- Click on New Rule... from the right-hand side
- Select the radio button for Port then click Next.
- Select the radio button for TCP
- Select the radio button for Specific local ports: then type 443 in the field to the right, then click Next.
- Select the radio button for Allow the connection then click Next.
- Leave the boxes checked and click Next.
- For Name type Inbound 443 TCP then click Finish.
- Again, on the left-hand side of the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security page, click on Inbound Rules then click on New Rule... from the right hand side.
- Select the radio button for Port then click Next.
- Select the radio button for UDP
- Select the radio button for Specific local ports: then type 443 in the field to the right, then click Next.
- Select the radio button for Allow the connection then click Next.
- Leave the boxes checked and click Next.
- For Name type Inbound 443 UDP then click Finish.
Outbound Rules
- On the left hand side of the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security page, click on Outbound Rules.
- Click on New Rule... from the right-hand side
- Select the radio button for Port then click Next.
- Select the radio button for TCP
- Select the radio button for Specific local ports: then type 443 in the field to the right, then click Next.
- Select the radio button for Allow the connection then click Next.
- Leave the boxes checked and click Next.
- For Name type Outbound 443 TCP then click Finish.
- Again, on the left-hand side of the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security page, click on Outbound Rules then click on New Rule... from the right hand side.
- Select the radio button for Port then click Next.
- Select the radio button for UDP
- Select the radio button for Specific local ports: then type 443 in the field to the right, then click Next.
- Select the radio button for Allow the connection then click Next.
- Leave the boxes checked and click Next.
- For Name type Outbound 443 UDP then click Finish.