Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2003, User Manual

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Guarding against intrusion attempts
Customize firewall protection
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Move the slider to the Security Level that you want. Your options are:
Change individual security settings
If the Security Level options do not meet your needs, you can change the
settings for Norton Personal Firewall,
Java , and ActiveX protection levels.
Changing an individual setting overrides the Security Level, but it does not
change the other security settings in that level.
To change individual security settings
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Open Norton Personal Firewall.
2
In the Security Center, double-click Personal Firewall .
High The firewall blocks everything until you allow it. If you
have run a Program Scan, you should not be interrupted
frequently with Program Control alerts. See
“Enable
Automatic Program Control” on page 76.
You are alerted each time that an ActiveX control or Java
applet is encountered. Unused ports do not respond to
connection attempts, giving them a stealth appearance.
Medium
(recommended) The firewall blocks everything until you allow it. If you
have run a Program Scan, you should not be interrupted
frequently with Program Control alerts.
ActiveX controls and Java applets run without warning.
Unused ports do not respond to connection attempts,
giving them a stealth appearance.
Minimal Firewall blocks connection attempts by Trojan horse
programs. ActiveX controls and Java applets run
without warning.