Enabling and disabling Firewall rules

To enable or disable an existing rule for filtering incoming network traffic, perform the following actions:

1. In the Application Console tree, expand the Server Control node.
2. Select the Firewall Management child node.
3. Click the Firewall rules link in the details pane of the Firewall Management node.

   The Firewall rules window opens.

4. Depending on the type of the rule whose status you want to modify, select the Applications or Ports tab.
5. In the rule list, select the rule whose status you want to modify and perform one of the following actions:
   • If you want to enable a disabled rule, select the check box to the left of the rule name.

     The selected rule is enabled.

   • If you want to disable an enabled rule, clear the check box to the left of the rule name.

     The selected rule is disabled.

6. Click Save in the Firewall rules window.

The specified task settings are saved. The new rule parameters will be sent to Windows Firewall.