In the Firewall preferences section, you can specify parameters for scanning incoming and outgoing traffic and configure rules for specific applications to access internet resources.
Firewall allows access to network resources for all trusted applications. If application is not on the trusted list, Dr.Web displays a notification and asks which action to take.
Which applications are trusted by Dr.Web?
Among trusted applications are macOS system applications, applications with a security certificate or a valid digital signature. Rules for such applications are not displayed in the filtering list. |
You can change Firewall operation mode and create filtering rules for specific applications that do not apply to the selected operation mode.
Select one of the following operation modes:
•Allow Trusted Applications—access to network resources for all trusted applications is allowed. For other applications, Dr.Web displays a notification and asks which action to take.
•Allow All Connections—access to network resources for all unknown applications is allowed. Known connections are processed by Firewall according to specified filtering rules.
•Block All Connections—access to network resources for all unknown applications is blocked. Known connections are processed by Firewall according to specified filtering rules.
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All connections are allowed by default. |
To change the Firewall operation mode
1.In the main window, click 2.In the Preferences window, select the Firewall section. 3.If preferences are unavailable, unlock them. To do that, click 4.At the top of the window, select the required operation mode from the Mode drop-down list. |
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at the bottom and enter your user name and password.You can create filtering rules for specific applications. These rules are applied regardless of the selected Firewall operation mode.
A filtering rule includes:
•Application file in the .app format.
•An action: to allow or to block the connection.
•A port number to connect to.
•An IP address, a website host name or a server host name that Firewall will control access to.
1.In the main window, click 2.In the Preferences window, select the Firewall section. 3.If preferences are unavailable, unlock them. To do that, click 4.Click 5.In the Choose app field, click 6.Choose whether the rule applies to all applications or select an application on your Mac. 7.Choose Block or Allow from the drop-down list. 8.Specify the port number to connect to.
9.From the Connection To drop-down list, choose: •Any Server if you want to configure access to all servers and IP addresses.
•IP Address if you want to configure access to a specific IP address. Enter an address in the IPv4 format: 192.0.2.235. •Host if you want to configure access to a specific host. Enter a website or a server host in the example.com format. 10. Click Create. |
1.In the main window, click 2.In the Preferences window, select the Firewall section. 3.If preferences are unavailable, unlock them. To do that, click 4.In the filtering rules table, double-click the corresponding rule. The rule editing window will open.
5.Edit the parameters for the rule. 6.Click Save. |
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