198-Windows Firewall: Prohibit unicast response to multicast or broadcast requests

Computer/User Node :

   MACHINE

Policy Path :

   Administrative Templates\Network\Network Connections\Windows Firewall\Domain Profile

Supported on :

   At least Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2

Help/Explain Text :

   Prevents this computer from receiving unicast responses to its outgoing multicast or broadcast messages. If you enable this policy setting, and this computer sends multicast or broadcast messages to other computers, Windows Firewall blocks the unicast responses sent by those other computers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, and this computer sends a multicast or broadcast message to other computers, Windows Firewall waits as long as three seconds for unicast responses from the other computers and then blocks all later responses. Note: This policy setting has no effect if the unicast message is a response to a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) broadcast message sent by this computer. Windows Firewall always permits those DHCP unicast responses. However, this policy setting can interfere with the NetBIOS messages that detect name conflicts.

Registry Settings :

  HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile\Logging!DisableUnicastResponsesToMulticastBroadcast