Barracuda Networks VERSION SP4 User Manual

87   Barracuda NG Personal Firewall

The Barracuda NG Personal Firewall is a lighter version of the Barracuda NG Firewall especially
designed for client usage. Nevertheless, most configuration options of the Barracuda NG Firewall are
available. When connected to an Access Control Service or via VPN, the Barracuda NG Personal
Firewall can accept rule sets sent from the Barracuda NG Firewall (depending on the used client
license).

Open the configuration mode of the Barracuda NG Personal Firewall by right-clicking   (VPN status)
in the system tray and selecting   

from the context menu or by browsing to 

> 

 > 

>  

.

Selection between the following functional firewall modes is available in the context menu of the
system tray icon:

The active operational mode is selected. To change the mode, click another item in the menu.

Each rule in a Barracuda NG Personal Firewall rule set is constructed from a variety of configuration
entities (

, 

, 

, 

, 

), which can be created and maintained

independently from the rule set itself. They are then pieced together building a logical formation. Each
configuration entity may be accessed from the 

 sub-menu in the left navigation bar.

The 

 section of the Barracuda NG Personal Firewall complements the automatic

configuration mechanisms made available by the Firewall Settings Wizard in the 

 section

(9.9 Administration - Firewall Settings Wizard, page 120). It allows you to:

DO NOT directly switch from 

 to 

. Always select 

 as intermediate step.