Changing the priority of a network rule for an application or an application group

January 10, 2024

ID 65690

To change the priority of a network rule for an application or application group in Kaspersky Security Center:

  1. Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
  2. In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, open the folder with the name of the administration group to which the relevant protected virtual machines belong.
  3. In the workspace, select the Policies tab.
  4. Select a Light Agent for Windows policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Policy name> by double-clicking.
  5. In the policy properties window, select the Firewall section in the list on the left.
  6. In right part of the window, the Firewall rules section, click the Settings button located in the upper part of the section.
  7. In the Firewall window that opens, on the Application control rules tab, in the list of applications, select the application group with the network rule whose priority you want to change.
  8. Click the Edit button or open the context menu and select the Group rules item.
  9. In the Application group control rules window that opens, select the Network rules tab.
  10. In the list of network rules of an application, select the network rule whose priority you want to change and use the Move up and Move down buttons to move the network rule to the necessary position in the list.
  11. In the Application group control rules window, click OK.
  12. In the Firewall window, click OK.
  13. Click the Apply button.

To change the priority of a network rule for an application or an application group in the local interface:

  1. On the protected virtual machine, open the application settings window.
  2. In the left part of the window, in the Anti-Virus protection section, select Firewall.

    In the right part of the window, the Firewall component’s settings are displayed.

  3. Click the Application network rules button.

    The Firewall window opens to the Application control rules tab.

  4. In the list of applications, select the application or application group whose network rule priority you want to change.

    If the settings in the local interface are not available, this means that the values of settings defined by the policy are used for all protected virtual machines of the administration group.

  5. Click the Edit button or open the context menu and select Application rules or Group rules.

    This opens the Application control rules or Application group control rules window.

  6. In the window that opens, select the Network rules tab.
  7. In the list of network rules of an application, select the network rule whose priority you want to change and use the Move up and Move down buttons to move the network rule to the necessary position in the list.
  8. Click OK in the Application control rules or Application group control rules window.
  9. In the Firewall window, click OK.
  10. To save changes, click the Save button.

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