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No, you can not block access to a port based on the service that will be generating the requests.
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No, you can not block access to a port based on the service that will be generating the requests.

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so you are not able to set up inbound rule to only allow certain applications to use SMB and block all other inbound request... ?
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so you are not able to set up inbound rule to only allow certain applications to use SMB and block all other inbound request... ?

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The closest way would be to create ACLs - list of IPs that can access mentioned host.<br />
You'd need L7 firewall that would inspect packets for any application-specific traffic (provided the applications you want to block generate one).
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The closest way would be to create ACLs - list of IPs that can access mentioned host.
You'd need L7 firewall that would inspect packets for any application-specific traffic (provided the applications you want to block generate one).

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Is it possible to restrict access to port 445( few different services &amp;&nbsp;applications) using Windows 7 firewall and block everything else on inbound traffic only.... ???? 
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Is it possible to restrict access to port 445( few different services & applications) using Windows 7 firewall and block everything else on inbound traffic only.... ???? 

System Message Block (SMB) - Port 445

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