Windows Filtering Platform
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Windows Filtering Platform is a set of APIs and system services in Microsoft Windows that enables developers and the operating system to create, manage, and filter network traffic at various layers of the networking stack.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows networking stack | 2 |
| Base Filtering Engine | 1 |
| Windows Filtering Platform canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1719348 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows Filtering Platform Context triple: [Windows Firewall, uses, Windows Filtering Platform]
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A.
Windows Firewall
Windows Firewall is a built-in network security component of the Windows operating system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.
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B.
Windows Defender
Windows Defender is Microsoft's built-in antivirus and anti-malware solution designed to protect Windows systems from viruses, spyware, ransomware, and other security threats in real time.
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C.
Windows Embedded family
Windows Embedded family is a line of specialized Microsoft operating systems designed for use in embedded systems and dedicated devices such as industrial controllers, kiosks, and point-of-sale terminals.
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D.
Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of Microsoft operating systems designed with a robust, secure, and modular architecture for professional and enterprise use.
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E.
SmartScreen
SmartScreen is a Microsoft security technology that helps protect users by blocking malicious websites, downloads, and potentially unwanted applications in browsers like Microsoft Edge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows Filtering Platform Target entity description: Windows Filtering Platform is a set of APIs and system services in Microsoft Windows that enables developers and the operating system to create, manage, and filter network traffic at various layers of the networking stack.
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A.
Windows Firewall
Windows Firewall is a built-in network security component of the Windows operating system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.
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B.
Windows Defender
Windows Defender is Microsoft's built-in antivirus and anti-malware solution designed to protect Windows systems from viruses, spyware, ransomware, and other security threats in real time.
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C.
Windows Embedded family
Windows Embedded family is a line of specialized Microsoft operating systems designed for use in embedded systems and dedicated devices such as industrial controllers, kiosks, and point-of-sale terminals.
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D.
Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of Microsoft operating systems designed with a robust, secure, and modular architecture for professional and enterprise use.
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E.
SmartScreen
SmartScreen is a Microsoft security technology that helps protect users by blocking malicious websites, downloads, and potentially unwanted applications in browsers like Microsoft Edge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows networking component
ⓘ
networking platform ⓘ |
| allows |
address-based filtering
ⓘ
direction-based filtering ⓘ interface-based filtering ⓘ per-application network filtering ⓘ per-service network filtering ⓘ per-user network filtering ⓘ port-based filtering ⓘ protocol-based filtering ⓘ |
| availableIn |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ Windows Server 2008 ⓘ Windows Server ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Server 2022
Windows Vista ⓘ |
| category |
Windows networking technology
ⓘ
network security technology ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Microsoft Docs
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Developer Network
Microsoft Learn ⓘ |
| enables |
creation of network filters
ⓘ
filtering of network traffic ⓘ management of network filters ⓘ |
| exposes |
filtering actions
ⓘ
filtering conditions ⓘ filtering layers ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
callout modules
ⓘ
filter engine ⓘ filtering layers ⓘ filters ⓘ provider contexts ⓘ sublayers ⓘ |
| includes |
Windows Filtering Platform
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Base Filtering Engine
|
| integratesWith |
IPsec policy enforcement
ⓘ
Windows Firewall ⓘ
surface form:
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
|
| introducedIn | Windows Vista ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| primaryLanguage | C API ⓘ |
| provides |
APIs for network traffic filtering
ⓘ
system services for network traffic filtering ⓘ |
| supports |
IPv4 traffic
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IPv6 traffic ⓘ callout drivers ⓘ connection-based filtering ⓘ event-driven filtering callbacks ⓘ filtering at multiple layers of the networking stack ⓘ kernel-mode filtering ⓘ stateful packet inspection ⓘ traffic inspection for QoS ⓘ traffic inspection for parental controls ⓘ traffic inspection for security ⓘ user-mode filtering ⓘ |
| usedBy |
IPsec in Windows
ⓘ
Windows Firewall ⓘ network security products ⓘ third-party firewall applications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Windows Filtering Platform Description of subject: Windows Filtering Platform is a set of APIs and system services in Microsoft Windows that enables developers and the operating system to create, manage, and filter network traffic at various layers of the networking stack.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Base Filtering Engine
this entity surface form:
Windows networking stack
this entity surface form:
Windows networking stack