SonicWALL 4.5 Manuale Utente

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Using the Firewall Protection Service

The firewall protection service in Enforced Client safeguards against intrusions by monitoring 
inbound and outbound communications on client computers. It checks: 

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IP addresses and communication ports that attempt to communicate with your computer. 

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Applications that attempt to access the Internet. 

As the administrator, you can define what constitutes suspicious activity and the firewall 
protection service’s response. You can specify specific IP addresses, reports, and applications to 
allow or to block. By defining firewall protection settings in a policy, you can centrally manage 
the firewall protection service for your organization. 

If you prefer a more hands-off approach, you can allow users to decide which communications 
and applications the firewall protection service allows. 

This section describes these features of the firewall protection service: 

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Accessing client features (Firewall Settings command) 

Use the client menu to access client features of the firewall protection service. 

To display firewall settings: 
On client computers, click 

 in the system tray and select 

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On computers where the policy does not allow users to configure settings, a summary of 
current settings is displayed. 

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On computers where the policy does allow users to configure settings, a dialog box with 
configuration options is displayed.

Client procedures for configuring firewall settings are documented in the User Help on the client 
computer.