McAfee MTP08EMB3RUA Product Guide - Page 98

5 Using Firewall Protection Configuring policy options 5 If you selected Custom, click Edit to configure related options. These are described in another section of this document. 6 Click Save. (For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then click Save.) Configuring options for Internet applications Use this SecurityCenter task to configure the way firewall protection responds to detections of Internet application These policy option settings determine: • Whether firewall protection checks the list of Internet applications that McAfee has determined to be safe at the www.hackerwatch.org website. • Whether firewall protection blocks an unrecognized application, prompts users for a response, or simply reports it to the SecurityCenter. • Specific applications to allow or block Task For option definitions, click ? in the interface. 1 On the Policies page, click Add Policy (or click Edit to modify an existing policy). 2 Select Firewall Protection, then click the General Settings tab. 3 Under Firewall Configuration, select or deselect the Use Smart Recommendations to automatically approve common Internet applications option. 4 Under Firewall Protection Mode, select an option. 5 Click the Allowed Internet Applications tab. This tab lists all the Internet applications detected on the computers in your account. 6 Select options as needed. Select this... Allow Allow All Block Block All To do this... Allow the application. Allow all the applications listed. Block the application. Block all the applications listed. 7 Click Save. (For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then click Save.) Tracking blocked communications Use this SecurityCenter task to track communication attempts (known as events) between client computers and network resources that firewall protection blocks. View information about these events in the report entitled Inbound Events Blocked by the Firewall. 98 McAfee Total Protection Service 5.1.5 Product Guide