Internet Shield - F-SECURE CLIENT SECURITY 7.00 Administrator's Manual

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since the last download. If the transfer is interrupted for some reason, the
next session will start from the point where the previous session ended.
For more information, see "Configuring Automatic Updates", 162.
Virus News
F-Secure Virus News delivers instant notifications of serious security
events around the world. The F-Secure Virus News service is delivered
through F-Secure Automatic Update Agent. See theF-Secure Client
Security online help for more information.
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Internet Shield

Internet Shield consists of Firewall, Application Control and Intrusion
Detection System (IDS). Together these components can be used to
protect your computer against unauthorized connection attempts, insider
attacks and information theft, malicious applications, and other unwanted
applications, such as peer-to-peer software. Protecting the workstations
and laptops with F-Secure Client Security Internet Shield also protects the
entire LAN, because the individual computers cannot be used as a
stepping stone to gain access to the LAN.
Internet Shield offers several different security levels that can be used
based on user needs, user mobility, company security policy and user
experience.
Firewall
The Firewall component is an integral part of Internet Shield. When
Internet Shield is installed on your computer, you have firewall protection
even when you are not connected to the LAN, for example when you are
at home connecting to the Internet via an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Typically a firewall accepts or denies traffic based on local and remote
addresses, protocols and services that are used, and the current state of
the existing connections. It is also possible to issue an alert every time a
rule is hit or when illegal datagrams are received, which makes it easy to
see what kind of traffic is going on in your system. For more information,
see "Configuring Internet Shield Security Levels and Rules", 198.