Changing the Firewall action for an application network rule
Changing the Firewall action for an application network rule
You can change the Firewall action that is applied to all network rules for an application or application group that were created by default, and change the Firewall action for a single custom network rule for an application or application group.
To change the Firewall action for all network rules for an application or group of applications:
- In the main application window, click the button
.
- In the application settings window, select Essential Threat Protection → Firewall.
- Click the Rules for applications button.
This opens the list of application rules.
- If you want to change the Firewall action that is applied to all network rules that are created by default, select an application or group of applications in the list. Manually created network rules are left unchanged.
- Right-click to open the context menu, select Network rules, then select the action that you want to assign:
- Inherit.
- Allow.
- Block.
- Save your changes.
To change the Firewall response for one network rule for an application or application group:
- In the main application window, click the button
.
- In the application settings window, select Essential Threat Protection → Firewall.
- Click the Rules for applications button.
This opens the list of application rules.
- In the list, select the application or group of applications for which you want to change the action for one network rule.
- Right-click to open the context menu and select Details and rules.
The application rules and properties window opens.
- Select the Network rules tab.
- Select the network rule for which you want to change the Firewall action.
- In the Permission column, right-click to bring up the context menu and select the action that you want to assign:
- Inherit.
- Allow.
- Deny.
- Log events.
- Save your changes.
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