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Guarding against intrusion attempts
Customize firewall rules
9Select the ports the rule should monitor. Your options are:
The rule applies to communications using any port.
The rule applies to the ports listed. You can add ports to, or remove ports from, the list.
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10Click Next.
11Choose if and how you want Norton Personal Firewall to track this rule. Your options are:
Do not track this rule
Create an Event Log entry
Notify me with an Alert Tracker message
Display Security Alert
No record of the actions of this rule is made.
An entry is created in the firewall Event Log when a network communication event matches this rule.
An Alert Tracker message appears when a network communication event matches this rule.
A Security Alert dialog box appears when a network communication event matches this rule.
12Click Next.
13In the What do you want to call this rule? text box, type a name for this rule.
14Click Next.
15Review the new rule settings, then click Finish.
16When you have finished adding rules, click OK.
Change an existing firewall rule
You can change firewall rules if they are not functioning the way that you want.