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Accept communications from
the specified addresses
Block an existing range of IP
addresses
5
Click Save.
(For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then click Save.)
Installing and enabling firewall protection at the policy level
Use these tasks to install or enable firewall protection automatically for all computers using the policy.
Installing firewall protection during policy updates
Use this task to install firewall protection automatically whenever client computers check for an
updated policy. You might want to use this feature for adding firewall protection on computers where
the Total Protection Service client software is already installed. By default, this option is disabled.
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 Automatically install firewall protection on all computers using this policy.
Click Save. (For a new policy, click Next, select additional options for the policy, then click Save.)
4
When using a computer in multiple locations, you might want to specify
more than one range of IP addresses. For example, you might want one
IP address range for office use and another for home use. To specify
multiple address ranges, repeat step 4, enter another address range,
then click Add again.
Enabling this feature can result in unattended installations on computers
where no one is available to authorize communications that are
consequently blocked by firewall protection. If this feature is used to
install firewall protection on a server, it is important to configure
essential system services first, to prevent disruptions.
Installing and enabling firewall protection at the policy level
Perform these steps...
1 Select Specific address range.
2 Type a beginning and ending IP address range in either IPv4 or
IPv6 format.
3 Click Approve. The IP address range is displayed in a the list of
allowed addresses. Computers using this policy will accept
communications originating from all IP addresses in this list.
4 Click OK.
1 For the IP address range, click Block. The IP address range is
removed from the list of allowed addresses.
2 Click OK.
Computers using this policy will not accept communications
originating from the IP addresses you removed from the list.
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