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 Application action - from the drop-down menu select a rule that should be

applied to the application's behavior:

 Advanced settings - this option allows you to edit the rule set in details

in the bottom part of this dialog

 Allow for all - any communication attempt of the application will be

allowed

 Allow for safe - the application will only be allowed to communicate over

safe networks (for instance, communication to the protected company

network will be allowed while communication to the Internet will be

blocked); for an overview and description of safe networks please see

the Networks dialog

 Ask - any time th application attempts to communicate over the

network, you will be asked to decide whether the communication should

be allowed or blocked

 Block - all communication attempts of the application will be blocked

 Log rule occurrences - tick this option to confirm you wish to have logged all

Firewall actions regarding the application that you have been configuring the

rule set for. The respective log entries can then be found in the Logs dialog.

 Application detail rules - this section opens for editing only if you have

previously selected the option of Advanced settings from the Application

action roll-down menu. All detail settings (listed in the Details column) can be

edited using these control buttons:

 Add - use the button to create a new detailed rule for a specific

application. In the Details tab a new entry appears, and you will

have to specify its parameters by selecting the respective networks

that the application can communicate with (Networks tab), adapters

that the application can use (Adapters tab), and services the

application can employ (Service name tab).

 Remove - removes the selected entry on a detail rule from the list

 Move up / Move down - detail rules are ordered based on their

priority. If you want to change the rule's priority, use the Move up

and Move down buttons to arrange the detailed settings as needed.