Symantec Norton Personal Firewall 2003, User Manual

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Protecting your privacy
Identify private information to protect
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Privacy Control lets you create a list of information that you want to remain
private. If someone attempts to send protected information over the
Internet, Norton Personal Firewall warns them about the security risk or
blocks the
connection .
Privacy Control and SSL
Some Web sites and email servers use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
connections to encrypt connections between your computer and the server.
Privacy Control cannot block private information sent via SSL connections.
However, since the information is encrypted, only the recipient of the email
will be able to read the message.
Add private information
You must add information that you want to protect to the Norton Personal
Firewall Private Information list.
To add private information
1 Start Norton Personal Firewall.
2 Do one of the following:
2
In the Security Center, double-click Privacy Control , then click
Private Information .
2
In the Security Monitor, on the Select a Task menu, click Edit
Private Information .
3
In the Private Information dialog box, click Add .
4
In the Add Private Information dialog box, under Type Of Information
To Protect, select a category.
5
In the Descriptive Name text box, type a description to help you
remember why you are protecting this information.
6
In the Information To Protect text box, type the information that you
want to block from being sent over nonsecure Internet connections.
7 Under Secure this private information in, select the Internet programs
in which Privacy Control should block this information:
2
Web browsers
2
Instant messengers
2
Email programs
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Click OK .