McAfee HISCDE-AB-IA - Host Intrusion Prevention Product Manual page 90

Working with Host Intrusion Prevention Clients
Overview of the Windows client
Item
Firewall rule
Rule action
Rule direction
Customizing Firewall Policy options
Options at the top of the tab control settings delivered by the server-side Firewall policies after
the client interface is unlocked.
Task
1 In the Host IPS client console, click the Firewall Policy tab.
2 Select or deselect an option as needed.
To...
Enable firewall policy protection
Enable learn mode for incoming traffic
Enable learn mode for outgoing traffic
Enable adaptive mode
View trusted networks
Creating and editing Firewall rules
View, create, and edit Firewall ruleson the Firewall Policy tab on the client.
Task
1 In the Firewall Policy tab, click Add to add a rule.
NOTE: You can create only rules and not groups in the client console.
2 On the General page, type the name of the rule and select information on rule action and
direction.
3 Click Next to proceed to the other pages to change the default settings.
NOTE: Each page of the rule builder corresponds to a tab of the firewall rule builder in the
Firewall Rules policy.
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General
Networks
90 McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention 8.0 Product Guide for ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5
Description
Displays the basic properties of the rule. Click the plus box
to display the properties; click the minus box to hide the
properties.
Indicates whether the rule allows
it.
Indicates whether the rule applies to incoming
outgoing traffic, or both
Select...
Enable Firewall
Learn Mode Incoming
Learn Mode Outgoing
Adaptive Mode
Trusted Networks
Enter this information...
The name, status, action, and direction of the rule.
The IP address, subnet, domain, or other specific identifiers for this rule.
traffic, or blocks
traffic,
.