Firewall
Menus
Menu |
Menu choices |
File |
Close—Closes the
Personal
Firewall main console.
Exit Personal
Firewall—Disables
the Personal Firewall, effectively
turning off security on your machine.
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Security |
Block All—Blocks all
network traffic on your machine.
Normal—Blocks only
selective traffic. This is the default configuration, and is a prudent
choice.
Allow All—Permits all
network traffic to flow on your machine. This is almost as non-secure
as exiting the Personal Firewall, and
is not recommended. It should be used for troubleshooting only.
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Tools |
Applications—Opens the
Applications List.
Logs—Opens the
Logs.
Options—Opens the
Options dialog box, which contains many security options, including email
alerts, Network Neighborhood browsing rights, and log file configuration.
Advanced Rules—Opens the
Advanced Rules dialog box, where you can set very specific rules for the
implementation of security on your Personal Firewall.
Update Signature—Updates intrusion
prevention signatures.
Option
Alert:
This option may appear dimmed
or not at all. For further information, see "Some
Options May Not Show."
Automatically
Start Service—This
toggle setting sets whether the Personal Firewall will be launched automatically when your machine is
booted.
Option
Alert:
This option may appear dimmed
or not at all. For further information, see "Some
Options May Not Show."
Hide System Tray
Icon—This
toggle setting hides the System Tray Icon from view. If it is checked,
the icon is hidden.
Test Your Firewall—Opens the
Sygate Technologies scan
site, allowing you to test the effectiveness of the Personal
Firewall.
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View |
The View menu gives users the option to alter the display of software
programs in the "Running Applications"
field:
Both the large and small icon displays provide the full name of the
application below the icon itself, and the icons are displayed in a “corkboard”
fashion.
List—Provides small
icon representations, with the icons displayed in a standard list.
Applications
Details—Provides
not only a list of all running applications, but also useful information
on the version number and location path of each application.
Connection Details—Provides further
information on the type of connection being made by an each application
accessing the network adapter, as well as the protocol, local and remote
ports and IP addresses being used, the application path, and more.
Hide Windows
Services—Toggles
the display of Windows Services in the "Running Applications"
field.
Hide Broadcast
Traffic—Toggles
the display of broadcast traffic in the "Running Applications"
field.
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Help |
Managed Personal Firewall—Links
to the Sygate Technologies Web site to show the corporate version of the
Firewall, Sygate Security Agent.
Easy Internet Sharing—Links
to the Sygate Technologies Web site to show Sygate's Home Networking product
line
Upgrade to Sygate
Personal Firewall Pro—Links
to the Sygate Technologies Web site, where you can download the upgrade
to the more powerful version of Sygate Personal Firewall
Register...—Brings
up a registration screen
so that you can register your copy of the Firewall
Help Topics...—Opens the
Personal
Firewall online help files.
About—Opens the
About screen.
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