SonicWALL 4.5 manual Description, Policy name, Firewall Configuration, Automatically install the

Enforced Client Product Guide User Interface Definitions

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Item	Description
Policy name	Type a name for the new policy.
Firewall Configuration	Select who manages the firewall protection service’s settings for
	client computers:
	„ Administrator configures firewall: You configure the policy
	settings that determine how the firewall protection service
	operates. When this option is selected, other firewall protection
	options appear on this page.
	„ User configures firewall: Users must configure the firewall
	protection service for their computers. When this option is
	selected, other firewall protection options do not appear on this
	page.
	Important: To ensure the highest level of security, we recommend
	that administrators configure the firewall protection service. When
	enabling users to configure their settings, it is important to educate
	them about threats and strategies for avoiding intrusions.
	Notes:
	When you update a policy to Administrator configures firewall,
	any firewall protection settings that users have configured
	previously on computers using this policy are saved.
	„ If you also select Prompt mode, user settings are merged with
	your policy settings on each client computer.
	„ If you select Protect mode or Record mode, user settings are
	inactive.
	Saved settings configured by users become active again when you
	update the policy to User configures firewall.
Automatically install the	Select this option to install the firewall protection service
desktop firewall on all	automatically whenever client computers check for an updated
computers using this policy	policy.
	Important: Enabling this feature can result in unattended
	installations on computers where no one is available to authorize
	communications that are consequently blocked by the firewall. If
	this feature is used to install the firewall protection service on a
	server, it is important to configure essential system services first, to
	prevent disruptions.

Use Smart Recommendations to automatically approve common Internet applications

Select this option to use SonicWALL recommendations for approved Internet applications. When the firewall protection service detects an Internet application, it first checks the approved applications specified by the administrator. If the detected application is not on that list, it checks the list of SonicWALL recommendations when this option is enabled.

Firewall Status	„ Select On to enable the firewall protection service.
	„ Select Off to disable it.
Firewall Protection Mode	Select the response when suspicious activity is detected:
	„ Report: Allow the activity. Do not notify the user. (This setting
	can be used as a “learn mode” to help you determine which
	applications to approve.)
	„ Prompt: Ask the user how to respond.
	„ Protect: Block the activity.
	Suspicious activity always appears in administrative reports when
	the firewall’s status is enabled.
	Note: See Firewall Configuration for related information.

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