SonicWALL 4.5 Using the Firewall Protection Service, „ Viewing reports for firewall protection

5 Using the Firewall Protection Service

The firewall protection service in Enforced Client safeguards against intrusions by monitoring inbound and outbound communications on client computers. It checks:

„IP addresses and communication ports that attempt to communicate with your computer.

„Applications that attempt to access the Internet.

As the administrator, you can define what constitutes suspicious activity and the firewall protection service’s response. You can specify specific IP addresses, reports, and applications to allow or to block. By defining firewall protection settings in a policy, you can centrally manage the firewall protection service for your organization.

If you prefer a more hands-off approach, you can allow users to decide which communications and applications the firewall protection service allows.

This section describes these features of the firewall protection service:

„Accessing client features (Firewall Settings command)

„Configuring policies for firewall protection

„Viewing reports for firewall protection

„Managing suspicious activity with best practices

Accessing client features (Firewall Settings command)

Use the client menu to access client features of the firewall protection service.

To display firewall settings:

On client computers, click in the system tray and select Firewall Settings:

„On computers where the policy does not allow users to configure settings, a summary of current settings is displayed.

„On computers where the policy does allow users to configure settings, a dialog box with configuration options is displayed.

Client procedures for configuring firewall settings are documented in the User Help on the client computer.

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