Network Protection Alert Window
The suggested permissions are the same both for the outbound and inbound connection Alert Window:
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You allow a connection. |
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You reject a connection. |
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You put off taking a decision. A temporary rule will be created. |
- Alert Window for application
The window appears when a new application that does not have a rule created for initiates an outbound connection or if a rule for an appication exists but its connection parameters are new and do not meet the rule permission conditions. The way it looks is shown below:
The name of an application that initiates an outbound connection is highlighted in bold. You can see information on IP-address and Port of a remote computer the connection is aimed at as well.
The Create a permanent rule option checked means you want a rule to be always applied and on a certain condition or conditions:
- All connections - a permission will be assigned for all IP addresses and ports;
- Only this IP address and port – a permission will be applied only for the shown IP address and port.
- Alert Window for external connection
The window appears when a new remote computer that does not have a rule created for initiates an inbound connection or if a rule for a remote computer exists but its connection parameters are new and do not meet the rule permission conditions. The way it looks is shown below:
The name of a remote computer that initiates an inbound connection is highlighted in bold. You can see information on Source IP – an IP-address of a computer that initiated the connection; Destination IP – an IP-address of a computer the connection is aimed at, it is always the IP-address of the active connection interface you currently use for networking; Ports – ports associated with the Source and Destination IPs.
The Create a permanent rule option checked means you want a rule to be always applied and on a certain condition or conditions:
- Use IP address and Use port. When both options are checked a rule will be created only for the shown source IP-address and port, otherwise it will be applied either to all ports of a certain source IP-address (in case the Use IP address option is checked only) or to a certain port no matter what the source IP-address is;
- Create rule for network. If this option is checked then a rule will be applied to all the computers of a network the Source IP belongs to. Please, refer to the External connection rules page for details.
Note: if all three options are checked a rule for a network with the corresponding permission will be created including a rule for a computer (with the same permission) that belongs to that network and initiates a connection.