HP Norton Personal Firewall 2003 manual Manually add a firewall rule, To add a General Rule

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Guarding against intrusion attempts

Customize firewall rules

5In the Internet Access Control alert, select the access level you want this program to have. Your options are:

Automatically configure Internet access

Permit this program access to the Internet

Block this program from accessing the Internet

Customize Internet access for this program

Use the default Norton Personal Firewall settings for this program.

Allow all access attempts by this program.

Deny all access attempts by this program.

Create rules controlling how this program accesses the Internet.

6Click OK.

Manually add a firewall rule

While Norton Personal Firewall automatically creates most of the firewall rules that you need, you may want to add specific rules. Only experienced Internet users should create their own firewall rules.

There are three sets of firewall rules you can customize:

1General Rules

1Trojan Horse Rules

1Program Rules

To add a General Rule

1Open Norton Personal Firewall.

2In the Security Center, double-click Personal Firewall.

3In the Personal Firewall window, on the Advanced tab, click General Rules.

4Follow the on-screen instructions. See “Write a firewall rule” on page 81.

To add a Trojan Horse Rule

1Open Norton Personal Firewall.

2In the Security Center, double-click Personal Firewall.