Updatethe Firewall –
Activitiescategory in the
eventlog each time that
communicationof this
typetakes place. This
optionlets you monitor
howoften this firewall
ruleis used. Norton 360
notifiesyou every time
thatthe traffic matching
themonitor rule criteria
passesthrough your
computer.You can use
thelinks in these
notificationsto view the
logs.You can view the
eventlog under Firewall
–Activitiescategory in
theSecurity History
window.
Norton360 creates
separateaction rules to
allowor block the
programsthat have only
aMonitorrule associated
withthem. The Monitor
rulemust be of higher
orderthan the action rule
forsuccessful log entry of
thenetwork event that is
relatedto the program.
Themonitor rule only logs
thetraffic events in the
SecurityHistory window.
Youneed to create
anotherAllow or Block
ruleto handle the
networktraffic.
Youcan monitor and
allowor block the traffic
byenabling the Create a
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