Event ID 4944 — The following policy was active when the Windows Firewall started.
Description
The following policy was active when the Windows Firewall started.
Message #
Fields #
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
GroupPolicyApplied UnicodeString | Group Policy Applied |
Profile UnicodeString | Profile Used |
OperationMode UnicodeString | Operational mode |
RemoteAdminEnabled UnicodeString | Allow Remote Administration |
MulticastFlowsEnabled UnicodeString | Allow Unicast Responses to Multicast/Broadcast Traffic |
LogDroppedPacketsEnabled UnicodeString | [Security Logging] Log Dropped Packets |
LogSuccessfulConnectionsEnabled UnicodeString | [Security Logging] Log Successful Connections |
Example Event #
{
"system": {
"provider": "Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing",
"guid": "54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D",
"event_source_name": "",
"event_id": 4944,
"version": 0,
"level": 0,
"task": 13571,
"opcode": 0,
"keywords": 9232379236109516800,
"time_created": "2022-04-04T13:11:21.036853+00:00",
"event_record_id": 26014,
"correlation": {
"ActivityID": "7377737E-4825-0000-C974-77732548D801"
},
"execution": {
"process_id": 612,
"thread_id": 664
},
"channel": "Security",
"computer": "WIN-TKC15D7KHUR",
"security": {
"user_id": ""
}
},
"event_data": {
"GroupPolicyApplied": "No",
"Profile": "(null)",
"OperationMode": "On",
"RemoteAdminEnabled": "Disabled",
"MulticastFlowsEnabled": "Enabled",
"LogDroppedPacketsEnabled": "Disabled",
"LogSuccessfulConnectionsEnabled": "Disabled"
},
"message": ""
}
References #
- Microsoft Learn https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4944
- Microsoft Learn Audit Policy https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/audit-mpssvc-rule-level-policy-change
- Ultimate Windows Security https://www.ultimatewindowssecurity.com/securitylog/encyclopedia/event.aspx?eventid=4944
- Example event sourced from https://github.com/NextronSystems/evtx-baseline