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Configure lists to define trusted programs to bypass firewall settings or exclude from security scans.

Important
Important
If you are working on a policy, make sure to save your settings before leaving the screen. Leaving the screen without saving discards any changes.
Programs lists are a policy resource you can configure to define trusted programs within your security environment. These lists are used by the following policy features:
  • Firewall to define trusted programs allowed to bypass the firewall
  • Exclusions to define trusted programs excluded from security and anti-malware scans
You can add up to 250 program lists.

Procedure

  1. Go to Endpoint Security → Endpoint Security Configuration → Policy Resources → Program Lists.
  2. Create or edit a list.
    • To create a new list, click Add program list.
    • To edit an existing list, click the list name and go to General
  3. Specify a name and description for the list.
  4. Click the operating system you want to specify programs for.
    Important
    Important
    • You must specify at least one program per list. For example, specifying one program for Windows and not specifying a program for macOS or Linux is a valid list.
    • You can specify programs for more than one operating system per list. For example, specifying one program each for Windows, macOS, and Linux is a valid list.
    • You can specify up to a total of 125 items per list.
  5. Specify the Full program path.
    Program paths must be complete and follow the formatting guidelines for the specified operating system. The following formatting rules apply to the program lists:
    • Entry length maximum is 256 characters.
    • Entry cannot end with a slash (/ or \).
    • Wildcards (*) and environmental variables are allowed. Windows allows using ? as a wildcard.
      Important
      Important
      Firewall does not support using wildcards for macOS.
    • Entry cannot be a relative path.
    • Entry cannot use a basename.
    • Folder and file names cannot contain certain special characters:
      • Windows: \ / : " < > | ,
      • Linux: ? < > | // , &
      • macOS: & = //
  6. To add more programs, click Add.
    You can specify up to 125 items per list.
  7. Click Save.