Symantec NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2004, User Manual

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Guarding against intrusion attempts
Customize firewall rules
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Create new firewall rules
Program Control, helps you create firewall rules as you
use the Internet.
See “About Norton
Internet Security
accounts”
on
page 149.
Supervisor and Adult users can create and modify
firewall rules. Child and Teenager users cannot make
any changes to firewall rules.
There are four ways to create firewall rules with Program
Control:
Enable Automatic Program Control
Automatic Program Control automatically configures
Internet access settings for programs the first time that
they run. Automatic Program Control only configures
Internet access for the versions of programs that
Symantec has identified as safe.
When Automatic Program Control configures access for a
new program, Norton Internet Security displays a
message above the Windows toolbar.
If an unknown program or an unknown version of a
known program attempts to access the Internet, you
receive an alert. You can then choose to allow or block
Internet access for the program.
Enable Automatic
Program Control Automatically configures access for well-known
programs the first time that users run them. This is the
easiest way to set up firewall rules.
Use Program Scan Finds and configures access for all Internet-enabled
programs on a computer at once.
Manually add
programs Closely manage the list of programs that can access the
Internet.
Respond to alerts Norton Internet Security warns users when a program
attempts to access the Internet for the first time. Users
can then allow or block Internet access for the program.