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Windows Firewall (Simple Settings) Part 2Added on:10/2/2008 1:38:48 AM
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- General Tab
From the General tab, you can turn your firewall on or off and select the Block All Incoming Connections options. This last one is a good option if you are traveling and connecting to less-secure, public networks and need the added protection of not having exceptions. Exceptions are explained in greater detail in the next section.
- Exceptions Tab
You will want to allow certain programs through the firewall. The Exceptions tab lets you quickly select which programs those might be. If you are unsure as to what a certain program does, you can select it and select Properties. For example, if you select Bits Peercaching and click the Properties button, a box appears that tells you about the program or port.
If you don’t see the program you need, you can try to add it by clicking the Add Program button. Or, if you need to open a specific port, you can do that too by clicking the Add Ports button. For both programs and ports, you can configure the firewall to allow any computer (within your network or on the Internet) access through the firewall via a particular program. Or you can configure it to allow only your subnet (network) or even specific IP addresses (or a set of subnets).
- Advanced Tab
This tab has seen something of an overhaul since Windows XP. The main reason is that in XP SP2 all the Advanced features left for Firewall had to be placed on that one tab. In Vista, you can choose the network connections you want protected and choose to restore defaults.
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