PSWinFW/README.md

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PSWinFW (beta)

Note: Module is WIP. Testing is done in a domain environment (not sure how it will fair on standalone machines). Pull Requests welcome.

Description

A powershell module for retrieving Windows Firewall logs and displaying them in a nicer, more useful format.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Thumbscrew/PSWinFW.git
Import-Module PSWinFW

Example Usage

Get last 1000 Windows Firewall log lines at a specific path:

Get-PSFirewallLog -Path C:\Windows\system32\logfiles\firewall\pfirewall.log -Tail 1000

Get Windows Firewall log by specifying the log directory and filename separately:

Get-PSFirewallLog -LogDirectory C:\Windows\system32\logfiles\firewall\ -LogFileName domainfw.log

Get Windows Firewall log by retrieving the path automatically from the registry on the local machine:

Get-PSFirewallLog -LogProfile Domain

Get Windows Firewall log on a remote computer using the Remote Registry service to get the log path:

Get-PSFirewallLog -LogProfile Public -ComputerName MyRemoteComputer -Verbose