Other Mcafee Firewall Features - McAfee INTERNET SECURITY 5.0 Manual

McAfee Firewall

Other McAfee Firewall features

86 McAfee Internet Security 5.0
McAfee Firewall settings security check
Examines your firewall security settings, allowing you to rectify weaker
settings before hackers get a chance to exploit them. The McAfee Firewall
Settings Security Check flags and suggests changes to help you keep your
system set to optimal security.
If Security Check detects an issue, click Fix and McAfee Firewall helps you
analyze and correct potential problems.
Home networking wizard
Helps make setting up protections for your PCs sharing an Internet connection
a breeze, providing helpful wizards to walk you through the process.
All networking media and hardware (such as cables and network adapters)
must be installed on each computer in order for this wizard to locate your
computers.
Password protection
Prevent others from tampering with your firewall settings by locking access to
them with password security. Also helps keep your firewall protections secure
by preventing the firewall from being shut down without your password.
About Visual Trace
Visual Trace is a multi-purpose Internet tool used for finding information and
trouble-shooting connection problems.
At the simplest level Visual Trace shows you how packets (data) get from your
computer to another computer on the Internet. You see all the nodes
(equipment of various types on the Internet that is passing traffic) between
your computer and the trace target.
There are many situations where you need this information. Visual Trace is a
useful tool when troubleshooting connections or just verifying that everything
is working OK. There is also a wealth of information presented by Visual
Trace, including the domain owners, relative locations, and in many cases, the
location of nodes.
Besides using Visual Trace to look for weak spots in a connection you can use
it to:
n Discover whether you can't reach a site due to a failure at your Internet
Service Provider (ISP) or further into the Internet
n Determine the point of a network failure that is preventing you from
reaching a Web site.