Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2003, User Manual

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Contents 7
Chapter 6 Controlling access to protected computers
Control how people use your computer ............................................. 61
Connect to a network ..................................................................... 61
Enable file and printer sharing .................................................... 62
Organize computers into network zones ................................... 62
Identify computers to Norton Personal Firewall ...................... 64
Control how users access the Internet ............................................... 67
If you access the Internet via a cable or DSL router ............... 67
If multiple computers share a single Internet connection ..... 67
Control how outside users access your network ............................. 67
If you run Symantec pcAnywhere ............................................... 67
If you run a Virtual Private Network .......................................... 68
Chapter 7 Guarding against intrusion attempts
How Norton Personal Firewall protects against network
attacks ............................................................................................... 69
Norton Personal Firewall monitors communications ............. 70
Intrusion Detection analyzes communications ........................ 70
Visual Tracking locates attackers ............................................... 71
Customize firewall protection .............................................................. 72
Change the Security Level slider ................................................ 72
Change individual security settings ........................................... 73
Reset security settings to defaults .............................................. 75
Customize firewall rules ....................................................................... 75
How firewall rules are processed ................................................ 75
Create new firewall rules .............................................................. 76
Manually add a firewall rule ........................................................ 80
Change an existing firewall rule ................................................. 83
Reset firewall rules to the default settings ............................... 85
Customize Intrusion Detection ............................................................ 85
Exclude specific network activity from being monitored ...... 85
Enable or disable AutoBlock ......................................................... 87
Unblock computers ........................................................................ 87
Exclude computers from AutoBlock ........................................... 88
Restrict a blocked computer ......................................................... 88