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6.2. Configuring your Internet firewall
In this chapter, you will learn how to lower certain defenses in order to authorize access to your computers for
specific Internet services (P2P, web/FTP servers...), or shore up other defenses to limit access on a specific
computer to certain Internet services.
6.2.1. Opening doors in your firewall for certain Internet services
If you would like for your computers to be able to either provide specific Internet services (P2P, web/FTP
servers...), or access specific services, you will have to open up mini-drawbridges (referred to as ports) in
your firewall using port forwarding.
To authorize one or more of your computers for specific Internet services:
To view or modify a rule:
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- On the Home page, select Your Internet
firewall parameters.
- Click the Port Forwarding button.
- Select your computer in the drop-down list.
This list sums up all network devices (Ethernet or
wireless) currently connected to your network
(with their host name and the IP address
assigned to them).
The computer that you wish to authorize for
a service must be connected to the network.
- Select the type of service provided.
- Select the rule to apply (or create the rule
yourself: in this case, please refer to the To
create a new rule section, coming up).
- Click the Apply button.
The selected rule is added to the list of rules
applied.
- Click the Apply and Save button to validate
your settings.
- Select the type of service in the Port
Forwarding window.
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