User Guide

Chapter 2. Initialization Tasks
Figure 32 - Host Group (Add)
Next, create the packet filter rules. The default packet filter rule is the “drop” rule:
if a packet does not match any of the packet rules specified in the personal firewall
policy, the packet is dropped. The packet filter rules that are explicitly created
define exceptions to the default behavior.
13. Click Personal Firewall on the main menu.
14. On the Policies – Personal Firewall menu, click Packet Filter Rules. The Packet
Filter Rules Definitions window appears.
15. Click New. The Packet Filter Rules (Add) window appears (Figure 33), displaying
the following fields:
o Rule Name: Type a name for the new rule.
o Direction: Whether the direction of the packets matching the rule is inbound
(to the laptop) or outbound (from the laptop).
o IP Addresses: Set of IP address ranges including the address of a packet
matching the packet filter rule (destination IP address for outgoing packets,
source IP address for incoming packets).
o Source Ports: The ports from which the network traffic is originating.
o Destination Ports: The ports to which the network traffic is going.
o Protocol: Select a protocol from the drop-down list (for example, UDP, TCP,
ICMP, or IP).
o Rule Action: Select an action to take for this rule from the drop-down list
(Accept or Drop).
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