Rule Settings

Application filtering rules control interaction of a particular application with certain network hosts.

To add a new rule in Edit rule set window, press

. To edit and existing rule, select the appropriate rule and press

. Herewith in Access to network resources section User-defined must be on.

Parameter	Description
General
Rule name	The name of the created/edited rule.
Description	The rule description.
Action	The action for Dr.Web Firewall to perform when an attempt to connect to the Internet is detected: •Block packets—block the connection. •Allow packets—allow the connection.
State	Rule status: •Enabled—the rule is applied for all matching connections. •Disabled—the rule is temporary not applied.
Connection type	The direction of the connection: •Inbound—the rule is applied when someone from the network attempts to connect to an application on your computer. •Outbound—the rule is applied when an application on your computer attempts to connect to the network. •Any—the rule is applied regardless of packet transfer direction.
Logging	Logging mode: •Enabled—register events. •Disabled—do no log rule information.
Rule Settings
Protocol	The network and transport level protocols used for the connection attempt. The following protocols of the network level are supported: •IPv4 •IPv6 •IP all—any version of the IP protocol The following protocols of the transport level are supported: •TCP •UDP •TCP & UDP—TCP or UDP protocol •RAW
Local address/Remote address	The IP address of the remote host. You can specify either a certain address (Equal) or several IP addresses using a range (In range), specific subnet mask (Mask) or masks of all subnets in which your computer has a network address (MY_NETWORK). To apply the rule for all remote hosts, select Any.
Local port/Remote port	The port used for the connection. You can specify either a specific port number (Equal) or a port range (In range). To apply the rule for all ports, select Any.