Firewall Policies and Profiles

The OfficeScan firewall uses policies and profiles to organize and customize methods for protecting networked computers.

• Multiple firewall installations on the same computer may produce unexpected results. Consider uninstalling other software-based firewall applications on OfficeScan clients before deploying and enabling the OfficeScan firewall.

The following steps are necessary to successfully use the OfficeScan firewall:

1. Create a policy. The policy allows you to select a security level that blocks or allows traffic on networked computers and enables firewall features.

2. Add exceptions to the policy. Exceptions allow clients to deviate from a policy. With exceptions, you can specify clients, and allow or block certain types of traffic, despite the security level setting in the policy. For example, block all traffic for a set of clients in a policy, but create an exception that allows HTTP traffic so clients can access a Web server.

3. Create and assign profiles to clients. A firewall profile includes a set of client attributes and is associated with a policy. When a client matches the attributes specified in the profile, the associated policy is triggered.

See also:

• About the OfficeScan Firewall

• Firewall Policies

• Firewall Profiles