Configuring Options For Internet Applications - McAfee TSA00M005PAA - Total Protection Service Product Manual

Using Firewall Protection
Configuring policy options
3 Under Firewall Configuration, select Administrator configures firewall or User configures
firewall. If you select the administrator option, additional policy options are displayed for
you to configure.
4 Under Connection Type, select an option.
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 applications by configuring these options:
• 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
Before you begin
On the Firewall Protection policy page, you must select Administrator configures firewall
before you can perform this task.
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
7 Click Save. (For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then
click Save.)
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To do this...
Allow the application.
Allow all the applications listed.
Block the application.
Block all the applications listed.