Operation Manual

Setting up Outpost Firewall

When Outpost Firewall is installed, the default mode is Rules Wizard mode. This mode

helps you decide whether an application should be allowed a network connection. Rules

Wizard facilitates the specifying of applicable network parameters for each type of

application.

Although during the installation process Outpost Firewall creates the rules for

applications already installed on your system, it might miss a few uncommon programs so

at this point Rules Wizard mode makes your life a little easier. Instead of having to create

a new and often complex rule each time a new application is run, Rules Wizard does the

work for you by basing its presets on all well-known applications. Rules Wizard even

recommends the best selection for you. Unless you know of a better choice, simply okay

Outpost’s recommendation.

Here is the Rules Wizard dialog window that pops up whenever a new application

requests a network connection:

Outpost Firewall has a database of the most commonly used applications. Our engineers

programmed the optimum settings for each type of application so the decisions you have to

make are very few.

The Outpost Firewall system groups applications into three groups.

• Blocked—distrusted applications for which all connections are blocked.

• Partially allowed—applications granted limited network access by having their

protocols, ports and directions specified by policies (rules).

• Trusted—applications for which all connection requests are allowed.

In the picture of the dialog window above, you can see what application is requesting an

outgoing connection, “Internet Explorer”, what manner of access is being attempted, the

basic parameters of the connection and the choices you can make regarding the request.