Rule Settings

Application filtering rules control interaction of a particular application with certain network hosts.

For details on a certain option, click a corresponding item in the picture.

For details on a certain option, click a corresponding item in the picture.

To add or edit a rule

1.Configure the following parameters:

Parameter

Description

General

Rule name

The rule name.

Description

The rule description.

State

One of the following execution states for the rule:

•Enabled – apply rule for all matching connection attempts.
•Disabled – do not apply the rule yet.

Connection type

The party which initiates the connection:

•Inbound – apply the rule when someone from the network attempts to connect to the application on your computer.
•Outbound – apply the rule when the application on your computer attempt to connect to the network.
•Any – apply the rule regardless of who initiate the connection.

Action

The action for Dr.Web Firewall to perform when the connection attempt is detected:

•Block packets
•Allow packets

Rule Settings

Protocol

The network and transport level protocols used for the connection attempt.

Dr.Web Firewall supports the following network level protocols:

•IPv4
•IPv6
•IP all – any version of IP protocol

Dr.Web Firewall supports the following transport level protocols:

•TCP
•UDP
•TCP & UDP –  TCP or UDP protocol

Inbound/Outbound address

The IP address of the remote host. You can specify either a specific address (Equals) or several IP addresses using a range (In range), specific subnetwork mask (Mask), or masks of all subnetworks, in which your computer has network addresses (MY_NETWORK).

To apply the rule for all remote hosts, select Any.

Inbound/Outbound port

The port used for connection. You can specify either a specific port number (Equals) or a port range (In range).

To apply the rule for all ports, select Any.

2.  When you finish adjusting the settings, click OK to save changes or Cancel to reject them.