Viewing firewall client rules | McAfee 6.1 specs

McAfee® Host Intrusion Prevention 6.1 Product Guide	Firewall Policies
	Configuring the Firewall Rules policy

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Viewing firewall client rules

The Firewall Client Rules tab displays all firewall rules created on client systems. The Regular View displays all rules, including duplicates; the Aggregated View displays rules in groups of similar characteristics that you have specified.

To view all firewall client rules:

1Select the Firewall Client Rules tab in the Firewall Rules policy, and click the Regular View tab.

Figure 5-11 Firewall Client Rules—Regular View

2To modify the view, do any of the following:

To...	Do this...

View details of a	Select the rule and click Properties.
rule

Move a rule to a	Select the rule and click Add to Policy.
policy

Scroll through	Click the navigation buttons on the toolbar
the list of rules

Filter the list of	Click Set Filter. In the Set Application Filter dialog box, select one or
rules	more checkboxes and enter a value in the corresponding field to
	set a filter.

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McAfee 6.1 Viewing firewall client rules, To view all firewall client rules, To modify the view, do any of the following

Contents

McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Page McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Copyright Contents IPS Policies General Policies 103 Frequently Asked Questions 160 Writing Custom Signatures 164 IntroducingPrevention Host Intrusion What’s new in this release New featuresChanges from the previous release Using this guide Audience Conventions This guide uses the following conventionsBold Condensed Example Getting product information Standard documentation Professional Services Customer ServiceContact information Basic Concepts IPS featureSignature rules Behavioral rules EventsReactions Exception rules Firewall rules Firewall featureClient firewall rules General feature Application Blocking featureClient application blocking rules Policy enforcement Policy managementPolicies and policy categories Policy ownership Policy inheritance and assignmentPolicy assignment locking Adaptive and Learn mode Preset protectionDeployment and management Tuning Reports Using ePolicy Orchestrator „ Deploy Host Intrusion Prevention clients EPolicy Orchestrator console EPolicy Orchestrator console Policy management Assign Policies Installing the Host Intrusion Prevention server Host Intrusion Prevention operationsAssigning owners to policies Generating notifications Deploying Host Intrusion Prevention clients Viewing and working with client data Placing clients in Adaptive or Learn mode Configuring policies Policy viewing alerts Fine-tuning Active X control security warning Using Help Help navigation procedures Help in the user interface IPS Events/SignaturesIPS Exception Rules IPS Signature Rules IPS Policies Overview Host and network IPS signature rules Benefits of Host IPS Behavioral rules Preset IPS policiesBenefits of Network IPS Quick access Configuring the IPS Options policyTo configure the IPS Options policy Click Apply To create a new IPS Options policyIPS Options dialog box appears Select the needed options Configuring the IPS Protection policy To configure the IPS Protection policy To create a new IPS Protection policy IPS Protection dialog box appears Select the type of reaction for each severity level To assign IPS Rules policies Configuring the IPS Rules policyTo create a new IPS Rules policy IPS Rules policy details Creating exception rules To create an exception You can view and edit details of an existing exception Editing exception rulesTo edit an exception rule To disable/enable an exception Enabling and disabling exception rulesDeleting exception rules Moving exception rules to another policy Signatures Types of signaturesHost signatures Custom host signatures Viewing signatures IPS Rules-Signatures tab To modify default signatures Modifying host and network signaturesCreating custom signatures To modify the view of signatures Using the wizard to create signatures To create signatures using the wizard Using the standard mode to create signatures To create a signature with the standard mode New Custom Signature-General tab Editing custom signatures Deleting custom signaturesTo use Standard Method To use Expert Method To edit a custom signature Application Protection Rules 11 Application Protection Rules analysis To create an application protection rule 12 IPS Rules-Application Protection Rules 13 New Trusted Application dialog box-General tab IPS Events Editing Application Protection RulesEnabling and disabling Application Protection Rules Deleting Application Protection Rules Viewing events To view IPS events Filtering events Configuring the event viewTo change the event view Marking events To mark an event as readTo mark an event as unread To hide an event Marking similar events To mark similar events„ Agent „ Signatures „ User „ Process „ Severity Level Hidden Creating event-based exceptions and trusted applications Viewing event detailsTo view event details To create an event-based exception To create an event-based trusted application Searching for related exceptions IPS Client RulesTo search for a related exception Regular View To migrate client rules to an IPS Rules policy To aggregate client rules Aggregated ViewClick the Aggregate View tab on the IPS Client Rules tab Search IPS Exception Rules To search for exceptions and manage the list of exceptions 22 Search IPS Exception Rules tab Firewall Policies HIP 6.0 rules HIP 6.1 rules Stateful packet filtering State tableStateful packet inspection How firewall rules work Ordering the firewall rule list How stateful filtering works Stateful filtering process Stateful protocol tracking How stateful packet inspection worksProtocol Description of handling Firewall rule groups and connection-aware groups TCP Overview Firewall Learn and Adaptive modes Stateful filtering Quarantine policies and rules Migrating custom 6.0 firewall rules to 6.1 rules Preset Firewall policiesTo migrate rules Configuring the Firewall Options policy To configure the Firewall Options policySelect For these settings Off McAfee Default Learn Create New Policy dialog box appears „ Select New Policy Creating new Firewall Rules policies Configuring the Firewall Rules policyTo create a Firewall Rules policy Include Local Subnet Automatically selected Select this For this protection Policy Server Medium Server High Viewing and editing firewall rules Do any of the followingTo view and edit a firewall rule Add Policy or Duplicate Policy Creating a new firewall rule or firewall group Select the appropriate settings Click OKTo create a firewall rule To create a new rule group Firewall Rule Group dialog box appearsTo create a connection-aware group Type a name for this group in the Name field To add predefined rules Deleting a firewall rule or groupTo delete a firewall rule or group To view all firewall client rules Viewing firewall client rulesTo modify the view, do any of the following To view aggregated firewall client rules To view details of an aggregated firewall rule To configure the Quarantine Options policy Configuring the Quarantine Options policySelect New Policy Configuring the Quarantine Rules policy Quarantine Rules policy provides access forCreating new Quarantine Rules policies To create a Quarantine Rules policy To view and edit a quarantine rule Viewing and editing quarantine rulesClick Properties Creating a new quarantine rule or group Deleting a quarantine rule or groupTo create a quarantine rule To delete a quarantine rule or group Application Blocking Policies Application creation Application Blocking feature contains two policy categories Preset Application Blocking policiesApplication hooking Select this policy For these settings Off McAfee Default Configuring the Application Blocking Options policyTo apply an Application Blocking Options policy Application Blocking Options Creating new Application Blocking Rules policies Configuring the Application Blocking Rules policyTo create an Application Blocking Rules policy Viewing and editing Application Blocking Rules To view and edit an application blocking rule Creating new Application Blocking Rules To create a new application blocking ruleApplication Rule dialog box appears 100 Deleting an application blocking rule Viewing application client rulesTo delete an application blocking rule To view all client application rules To view aggregated client application rules To view details of an aggregated client application rule General Policies Preset General policies General feature contains four policy categories Configuring Enforce Policies Configuring the Client UI policyTo change the policy setting Regular User Administrator User To configure a Client UI policyCreating and applying a Client UI policy Disconnected User Setting passwords 107 Click the Advanced Options tab in the Client UI policy To create an administrator password108 Tray icon control To create a time-based passwordTo provide tray icon control of Windows UI To configure trusted network options Configuring the Trusted Networks policy110 Select To do this Add EditRemove Include Local Subnet Configuring the Trusted Applications policy Creating and applying Trusted Applications policiesTo create a new policy Trusted Application tab appears Creating trusted applications To create a trusted application To disable/enable a trusted application Editing trusted applicationsEnabling and disabling trusted applications Deleting trusted applications Maintenance Fine-tuning a deploymentAnalyzing IPS events 115 Creating exception rules and trusted application rules Working with client exception rulesCreating and applying new policies For details on working with client rules, see Policy maintenance and tasks To view and reset broken inheritance below a specific nodePolicies tab Policy inheritance and assignment To copy and paste policy assignments of a node Click Copy policy assignments To view nodes where a policy is assigned Policy CatalogViewing policy information To view all policies that have been created To view assignments where policy enforcement is disabled To view the settings and owner of a policyEditing policy information To edit a policy Running server tasks Directory GatewayEvent Archiver Property Translator How notifications work Setting up notifications for eventsCreating rules Host Intrusion Prevention notifications 124 Pre-defined reports Running reportsReport repository Report content control Host Intrusion Prevention reportsSummary information and details IPS Events Summary by Signature Network Intrusion Summary by Source IP IPS Event Summary by TargetSignature Top 10 Attacked Nodes for IPS Top 10 Triggered SignaturesBlocked Application Summary Filters on platform and signature type Top 10 Blocked Applications Failed Quarantine UpdatesInitial View Drill Down Host Name Checking in the update package To add update packages automaticallyUpdating From the Task type list, select Repository Pull To add update packages manually To run an update taskTo have a client request an update Updating clients Host Intrusion Prevention Client Windows client Client console System tray icon133 Setting options Unlocking the client interfaceTo unlock the Host Intrusion Prevention interface To customize client options Error Reporting TroubleshootingShow tray icon Error Reporting Select For this To set Firewall logging options To set IPS logging optionsSecurity Violations Intrusion alerts Alerts137 To respond to a firewall Learn Mode alert Firewall alerts138 Has the Treat rule match as an intrusion option selected Application Blocking alerts Spoof Detected alerts Quarantine alerts„ The IP address that the traffic pretends to come from 140 141 IP Spoof Detected Alert dialog box IPS Policy tab IPS Policy optionsTo customize IPS Policy options 142 IPS Policy exception rules Exception rules listTo edit the exception rules 143 Firewall Policy tab Firewall Policy optionsTo customize Firewall Policy options 144 Firewall rules list Firewall Policy Rules145 Application Policy tab Application Policy optionsTo customize Application Policy options 146 Application rules list Application Policy rules147 Blocked Hosts tab Blocked Hosts list148 Column What it shows 149 To edit the Blocked Hosts listUntil removed Application Protection tab Application Protection listThis list shows all monitored processes on the client 150 Activity Log tab Activity Log optionsTo customize Activity Log options 151 Activity Log list 152Select Create Sniffer Capture... McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Options Troubleshooting Client installation issuesSolaris client Policy enforcement with the Solaris client Client operations issues Run this command To do this154 File/Directory Name Description To restart a Solaris client To stop a Solaris client155 Linux client Policy enforcement with the Linux client Verifying the client is running File Name Description Troubleshooting tool 158 Run the command hipts agent off To stop a Linux clientTo restart a Linux client 159 Frequently Asked Questions What is a policy?What is the McAfee Default policy? 160 161 How do I view IPS events triggered by clients? How do I create an exception based on an IPS Event? How do I create custom signatures for an IPS Policy? How do I find existing policies that match a given profile? Writing Custom Signatures Rule StructureBasic structure of a rule is the following 164 165 Mandatory common sectionsSection Name Value Description Use of Include and Exclude Name/domain user name Section value variables Optional common sectionsUse of the dependencies section Use of wildcards Use of environment variablesUse of predefined variables Windows IIS Web Server Solaris Apache and iPlanet MS SQL Database Server169 This topic describes how to write Windows custom signatures Windows Custom SignaturesClass Files 170 171 Advanced Details GUI name Explanation Class Isapi Machine where the client is installed in the manner host Windows Custom Signatures Class Registry 177 Class Services Section Values Meaning/remarks GUI Name Explanation Possible Values Windows Custom Signatures This topic describes how to write Solaris custom signatures Solaris Custom SignaturesClass UNIXfile 181 Relevant X directives per section Directive File Source File permission New permission Class UNIXapache Advanced Details183 Solaris Custom Signatures Linux Custom Signatures 185 Summary of parameters and directives List of parameters according to typeList of directives according to type 186 Glossary 187 188 Blocked host 189 Console tree 190 EPolicy Orchestrator database server 191 See also minimal properties 192 Inactive agent 193 Policy enforcement interval 194 Severity level 195 SYN flood Index Working with clients Signatures, 46 creating, 48 creating custom Firewall policy tab rules List IPS Policy tab Page Mcafee.com