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2.. ESET Personal firewall concepts
2..1 Filtering modes in ESET Personal firewall
ESET Personal firewall supports three filtering modes:
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Automatic
This mode automatically allows all standard outgoing connections and blocks all non-initiated incoming
connections. Incoming connections initiated on the local computer are allowed. The Personal firewall uses a
predefined set of rules provided by ESET which are suitable for most users, since there is no need for any user
intervention – aside from setting up a Trusted zone – no special networking knowledge is required.
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Interactive
This mode is based on user-defined rules, as well as a basic set of predefined rules. If a rule already exists to allow
or deny a specific type of communication, that rule is automatically applied. For communications where no rules
have been defined, the user is prompted to allow or deny the communication. If neither check box is selected in
the dialog window, then the permission (or denial) applies only to the current instance and no permanent rule is
created.
If you select the
Temporarily remember action
check box for this process, the action you choose is bound to the
PID (process ID) of the process. Unless the PID changes, no additional dialog windows regarding that
communication will be displayed. Temporary rules are automatically deleted after the computer is restarted.
