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7.4.3. Firewall Interface
The
Firewall
's interface provides some basic information on the component's
functionality, its status, and a brief overview of
Firewall
statistics:
·
Firewall has been enabled for
- time elapsed since Firewall was last launched
·
Blocked packets
- number of blocked packets from the entire amount of
packets checked
·
Overall packets
- number of all packets checked during the Firewall run
Firewall settings
·
Select Firewall profile
- from the roll-down menu select one of the defined
profiles - two profiles are available at all times (the
default profiles named
Allow all
and
Block all
), other profiles were added manually by profile editing in
the
Profiles
dialog in
Firewall Settings
.
·
Enable gaming mode
- Check this option to ensure that when running full-
screen applications (games, PowerPoint presentations etc.), the
Firewall
will
not display dialogs asking you whether you want to allow or block
communication for unknown applications. In case an unknown application tries
to communicate over the network at that time, the
Firewall
will allow or block
the attempt automatically according to settings in the current profile. With the
gaming mode on, all scheduled tasks (
scans, updates
) are postponed till the
application is closed.
