Operation Manual

The Outpost Log System

Specify the domain name, IP address, or IP range. An example is given below the selection

area for each type of address designation. An active Internet connection is required for

Domain name (Internet connection needed) because the IP address needs to be looked

up directly over the Internet. The IP address is saved along with the domain name you enter

and this is the IP address that is mostly used by Outpost Firewall.

Click the Add button to add a new entry to Outpost Firewall’s Trusted Zone listing.

An entry on the trusted list can be modified at any time by highlighting it, amending it, and

clicking the Modify button.

To remove an entry, highlight it on the list and click the Remove button.

Please note that plug-ins are independent from the Trusted Zone settings. For example,

even if we add

www.agnitum.com to the trusted network addresses, Outpost Firewall

plug-ins will block banners, active content and other things from this site regardless.

In addition, it is very important to remember that Trusted Zone rules are given the highest

priority possible. Even restricted applications can communicate with Trusted Zone hosts.

We advise you to put

ONLY your absolutely trusted computers into this zone. If you only

need file and printer sharing, it is best to use NetBIOS rather than Trusted.

Note: If you do not want to clutter up logs with information about NetBIOS broadcast

packets, you can specify to disable these data logging for each of the detected host or

subnet. Select the address from the list and clear the Log NetBIOS broadcasts for

selected host or subnet check box in the Information area. This will keep Log Viewer

data more clear and may improve computer performance.

5.8 Running in Entertainment Mode

When playing games or watching movies you probably want to avoid product prompts and

alerts from distracting your attention or capturing focus, yet still want to be protected,

especially when playing online.

Outpost Firewall Pro provides a specially designed Entertainment mode where protection

is active without bothering users with numerous product prompts and alerts. Once the full

screen application (a game, media player, etc.) is started, Outpost Firewall Pro detects this

event and suggests entering Entertainment mode, so the application runs using the

background/Entertainment mode policy that is specified in Options > Policy > Advanced

dialog, in which case no alerts and messages are displayed with the full screen application

and updates are not checked.