Applying Rules: Overview

A rule is a permission applied in terms of a certain condition execution. Within the context of AVS Firewall the condition may be an application and IP-address with/without a specified port; permissions applied are either allow or deny. For instance, look at the snapshot below:

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That rule can be put into words in the following way: "Forbid Internet Explorer to establish connection to port 443 of the remote computer with IP-address 10.41.1.12".

You can create two types of rules using AVS Firewall:

Application rules - they regulate all the outbound connections from your computer to the outer environment;
External connection rules - they regulate all the inbound connection to your computer from the outer environment.

Note: if there is no rule created for an application or inbound connection yet the Alert Window suggesting to make a decision on a permission will be shown by default.

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