Interaction Between User And Administrator Policy Settings; Configuring Policy Options; Selecting General Firewall Settings - McAfee TSA00M005PAA - Total Protection Service Product Manual

Using Firewall Protection

Configuring policy options

Interaction between user and administrator policy settings

Firewall protection handles the settings that you and users configure in a special way.
This enables settings to be controlled by either you or the users at different times.
Settings that users select are never discarded, but whether they are used depends on the
policy settings assigned to their computers. These also determine whether options for
configuring firewall protection settings are displayed in the client console.
If you configure...
No policy settings
Firewall protection mode as either:
• Protect
• Report
Firewall protection mode as Prompt
Configuring policy options
Use these tasks to select policy options for firewall behavior on client computers.
Tasks

Selecting general firewall settings

Configuring options for Internet applications
Tracking blocked communications
Selecting general firewall settings
Use this task to configure these settings for firewall protection:
• Who configures the firewall
• Connection type
NOTE: To ensure the highest level of security, we recommend that administrators configure
firewall settings. If you allow users to configure the settings, it is important to educate them
about threats and strategies for avoiding risk.
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.
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User settings are...
Active
Inactive
Merged with administrator settings. When
they differ, user settings take precedence.
For example, if a user approves a program,
it is allowed even if the administrator has
not approved it.
Configuration options
display in the console?
Yes
No
Yes
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