netsh advfirewall open TCP ports 80 and 443 for outgoing traffic

Question

I need to do the following with netsh advfirewall commands:

Open TCP ports 80 and 443 for outgoing traffic to dc.services.visualstudio.com and f5.services.visualstudio.com.

How can I do this?

Solution

Get IP Address for services.visualstudio.com

C:\test>nslookup services.visualstudio.com
Server:  dns.tb.iss.as9143.net
Address:  212.54.40.25

Name:    services.visualstudio.com

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Open the ports

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Open port 80" protocol=TCP localport=80 action=allow dir=OUT remoteip=212.54.40.25
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Open port 443" protocol=TCP localport=443 action=allow dir=OUT remoteip=212.54.40.25

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Further reading

• An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line - An excellent reference for all things Windows cmd line related.
• netsh - Configure Network Interfaces, Windows Firewall, Routing & remote access.
• How to use "netsh advfirewall firewall" to control Windows Firewall behavior

Comments

[Rama]

Downvoting me instead of giving answers, real nice you guys :(

[DavidPostill]

How to use the "netsh advfirewall firewall" to control Windows Firewall behavior

[DavidPostill]

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule ?

[Rama]

I know I should use add rule, I just don't know what the rule should be