Contents

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Chapter 6

Controlling access to protected computers

 

 

Control how people use your computer

61

 

Connect to a network

61

 

Enable file and printer sharing

62

 

Organize computers into network zones

62

 

Identify computers to Norton Personal Firewall

64

 

Control how users access the Internet

67

 

If you access the Internet via a cable or DSL router

67

 

If multiple computers share a single Internet connection

67

 

Control how outside users access your network

67

 

If you run Symantec pcAnywhere

67

 

If you run a Virtual Private Network

68

Chapter 7

Guarding against intrusion attempts

 

 

How Norton Personal Firewall protects against network

 

 

attacks

69

 

Norton Personal Firewall monitors communications

70

 

Intrusion Detection analyzes communications

70

 

Visual Tracking locates attackers

71

 

Customize firewall protection

72

 

Change the Security Level slider

72

 

Change individual security settings

73

 

Reset security settings to defaults

75

 

Customize firewall rules

75

 

How firewall rules are processed

75

 

Create new firewall rules

76

 

Manually add a firewall rule

80

 

Change an existing firewall rule

83

 

Reset firewall rules to the default settings

85

 

Customize Intrusion Detection

85

 

Exclude specific network activity from being monitored

85

 

Enable or disable AutoBlock

87

 

Unblock computers

87

 

Exclude computers from AutoBlock

88

 

Restrict a blocked computer

88

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