McAfee VSF09EMB1RAA - VirusScan Plus 2009 User Manual page 92

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About computer connections
Computer connections are the connections that you create
between other computers on any network and yours. You can
add, edit, and remove IP addresses on the
addresses are associated with networks for which you want to
assign a level of trust when connecting to your computer:
Trusted, Standard, and Public.
Level Description
Firewall allows traffic from an IP to reach your computer
Trusted
through any port. Activity between the computer
associated with a Trusted IP address and your computer is
not filtered or analyzed by Firewall. By default, the first
private network that Firewall finds is listed as Trusted in
Networks
the
computer or computers in your local or home network.
Firewall controls traffic from an IP (but not from any other
Standard
computer in that network) when it connects to your
computer, and allows or blocks it according to the rules in
System Services
the
generates event alerts from Standard IP addresses. An
example of a Standard network is a computer or
computers in a corporate network.
Firewall controls traffic from a public network according to
Public
the rules in the
Public is an Internet network in a cafe, hotel, or airport.
When allowing a connection, make sure that the computer that
you trust is safe. If a trusted computer is infected with a worm or
other mechanism, your computer can be vulnerable to infection.
Also, McAfee recommends that the computer you trust is
protected by a firewall and an up-to-date antivirus program.
Add a computer connection
You can add a trusted, standard, or public computer connection
and its associated IP address.
1
On the McAfee SecurityCenter pane, click
Network, then click Configure.
2
On the Internet & Network Configuration pane, under
Firewall protection is
3
On the Firewall pane, click Networks.
4
On the Networks pane, click Add.
5
If the computer connection is on an IPv6 network, select the
IPv6 check box.
6
Under Add Rule, do one of the following:
Select Single, and then enter the IP address in the
Address box.
Networks
list. An example of a Trusted network is a
list. Firewall logs traffic and
System Services
list. An example of
Internet &
enabled, click Advanced.
list. These IP
IP