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QUESTION POSED ON: 22 November 2004
How can an application get vendor-specific information about the running firewall?

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It depends upon the API that might be provided by the host firewall. For example Windows XP SP2 "Security Center" detects the presence of firewalls and anti-virus solutions and monitors them thru various APIs provided by them.

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