Event-o-Pedia EventID 853 - The Windows Firewall operational mode has changed [Win 2003 / XP]

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EventID 853 - The Windows Firewall operational mode has changed [Win 2003 / XP]

This event indicates that a change was successfully made to the operation mode of the Windows Firewall. In other words, it was either turned on or turned off. The change was made either through the local policy or via a group policy propagation.

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Sample:

Event Type:     Success Audit
Event Source:   Security
Event Category: Policy Change
Event ID:       853
Date:           12/16/2009
Time:           06:48:24
User:           NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer:       DC1
Description:    
The Windows Firewall operational mode has changed.

Policy origin: Local Policy
Profile changed: Standard
Interface: All interfaces
New Setting:
     Operation mode: Off
Old Setting:
     Operation mode: On

Log Type:

Windows Event Log

Uniquely Identified By:

Log Name:

Security

Filtering Field	Equals to Value
OSVersion	Windows 2003 Windows XP
Category	Policy Change
Source	Security
EventId	853

Field Matching

Field	Description	Stored in	Sample Value
DateTime	Date/Time of event origination in GMT format.	DateTime	10.10.2000 19:00:00
Source	Name of an Application or System Service originating the event.	Source	Security
Type	Warning, Information, Error, Success, Failure, etc.	Type	Success
User	Domain\Account name of user/service/computer initiating event.	User	RESEARCH\Alebovsky
Computer	Name of server workstation where event was logged.	Computer	DC1
EventID	Numerical ID of event. Unique within one Event Source.	EventId	576
Description	The entire unparsed event message.	Description	Special privileges assigned to new logon.
Log Name	The name of the event log (e.g. Application, Security, System, etc.)	LogName	Security
Category	A name for a subclass of events within the same Event Source.	Category	Logon/Logoff
Policy origin	Indicates whether Windows Firewall was getting its settings from Group Policy or the system's local policy.	InsertionString1	Local Policy
Profile changed	Standard or Domain. Domain profile is applied when the computer is on its "home" network, Standard profile is applied when the computer is not connected to its "home" network, e.g. out travelling and connected to public internet via Wi-Fi.	InsertionString2	Standard
Interface	Displays Network Interface Cards this firewall setting is configured for.	InsertionString3	All interfaces
Operation mode	New value for the operation mode: Firewall turned on or off	InsertionString4	On
Old Operation mode	Old value for the operation mode: Firewall turned on or off	InsertionString5	On