General

Rule name

The name of the created/edited rule.

Description

The rule description.

Action

The action forDr.Web Firewall to perform when an attempt to connect to the Internet is detected:

•Block packets – block the connection;

•Allow packets – allow the connection.

State

Rule status:

•Enabled – the rule is applied for all matching connections.

•Disabled – the rule is temporary not applied.

Direction

The direction of the connection:

•Inbound – the rule is applied when someone from the network attempts to connect to an application on your computer.

•Outbound – the rule is applied when an application on your computer attempts to connect to the network.

•Any – apply the rule regardless of packet transfer direction.

Logging

Logging mode:

•Enabled – register events;

•Disabled – no information is logged.

Rule Settings

Protocol

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

The following protocols of the network level are supported:

•IPv4

•IPv6;

•IP all – any version of the IP protocol.

The following protocols of the transport level are supported:

•TCP;

•UDP;

•TCP & UDP – TCP or UDP protocol

•RAW.

Local/Remote address

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

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

Local/Remote port

The port used for the 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.