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you of connection attempts by the applications on your computer that connect
to other computers.
Internet
Client computer
The firewall
monitors access
attempts from the
Internet
The firewall
allows or blocks
network traffic
Firewall protection uses firewall rules to allow or block network traffic.
See “How the firewall rules work” on page 129.
Firewall protection supports the firewall rules that are written for specific ports
and applications, and uses stateful inspection of all network traffic.
See “About firewall rules and stateful inspection” on page 132.
You enable default or custom firewall protection.
See “Enabling firewall protection” on page 134.
How the firewall rules work
Firewall rules control how the client protects your computers from malicious
network traffic.
See “About the default firewall protection” on page 133.
129Managing firewall protection
How the firewall works