The Firewall Rules Tab

Buttons

The following table describes the buttons on the IP Address tab:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This button...

Has this effect...

 

 

 

 

 

Options

To be notified when Desktop Protector is about to stop

 

 

blocking an IP address, select Warn Before Block Expires.

 

 

 

 

 

Add

To manually add a new IP address filter or a new port

 

 

configuration, click Add. The Add Firewall Entry window

 

 

appears. For information on managing individual IP

 

 

addresses, “Blocking Intrusions” on page 37.

 

 

 

 

 

Delete

To delete a firewall setting, select the setting and click Delete.

 

 

Click Yes to remove the IP address from the Desktop

 

 

Protector firewall.

 

 

 

 

 

Modify

Select a firewall setting to change and click Modify. A Modify

 

 

Firewall Entry window appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 29: Advanced Firewall Settings window buttons

Shortcut menu

These commands are available when you right-click an item in the firewall list:

 

Note: The Accept and Reject settings produce different shortcut options.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This command...

Has this effect...

 

 

 

 

 

Unblock Only

Removes a blocked address from the firewall.

 

 

 

 

 

Unblock and

Changes the blocked addresses' firewall setting from Reject

 

Accept

to Accept.

 

 

 

 

 

Unblock, Accept

Changes the entry's firewall setting from Reject to Accept,

 

and Trust

and then trusts the address or port. When trusting the entry,

 

 

the Desktop Protector intrusion detection engine ignores

 

 

attacks from the address.

 

 

 

 

 

Modify

Opens a window that allows you to change the firewall setting.

 

 

 

 

 

Delete

Removes the accepted address from the firewall.

 

 

 

 

 

Cut

Removes the address from the list and copies the information

 

 

to your system’s clipboard. You can paste the information into

 

 

any application that accepts text input, such as a word

 

 

processing or spreadsheet program.

 

 

 

 

 

Copy

Copies the selected address to your system’s clipboard. You

 

 

can paste the information into any application that accepts

 

 

text input, such as a word processing or spreadsheet program

 

 

 

 

 

Find

Searches the address list for information that you specify

 

 

 

 

 

Print

Sends the contents of the Advanced Firewall Settings window

 

 

to the default printer in comma-separated text format.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 30: Advanced Firewall Settings window shortcut commands

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