FwpmProviderAdd0 (Compact 7)

3/12/2014

This function adds a new provider to the system.

Syntax

DWORD WINAPI FwpmProviderAdd0(
  __in      HANDLE engineHandle,
  __in      const FWPM_PROVIDER0* provider,
  __in_opt  PSECURITY_DESCRIPTOR sd
);

Parameters

• engineHandle
  A handle for an open session to the filter engine. Call FwpmEngineOpen0 to open a session to the filter engine.

• provider
  Address of an FWPM_PROVIDER0 structure that describes the provider object to be added

• sd
  A pointer to a SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure

Return Value

Remarks

If the caller supplies a null security descriptor, the system will assign a default security descriptor.

Boot-time objects are added to the Base Filtering Engine (BFE) when the TCP/IP driver starts, and are removed once the BFE finishes initialization. Persistent objects are added when the BFE starts. If a policy provider has a persistent policy that is not intended to be enforced if its associated service is disabled, the caller can specify an optional service name in the FWPM_PROVIDER0 structure. This service then owns the persistent policy object. At start, the BFE only adds the following types of persistent objects to the system.

• The object is not associated with a provider.
• The object has an associated provider that does not specify a service name.
• The object has an associated provider and an associated service set to auto-start.

This function cannot be called from within a read-only transaction. It will fail with FWP_E_INCOMPATIBLE_TXN.

The caller needs FWPM_ACTRL_ADD access to the provider's container. See WFP Access Right Identifiers for more information.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

WFP Provider Management
WFP Access Right Identifiers

Other Resources

Windows Filtering Platform