Creating firewall policy rules on Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1.6

When you create a new firewall rule, it is automatically enabled. You can disable a firewall rule if you need to allow specific access to a computer or application.

To add a new firewall rule follow steps below:

1.In the console, open a Firewall policy , On the Firewall Policy page, click Rules and On the Rules tab, under the Rules list, click Add Rule.

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2.In the Add Firewall Rule Wizard type the rule name and click Next:

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3. On  Select the Action for the Rule Type panel, select one of the types of rules and click next:

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4. On Select the Rule Application panel you can apply rule to All applications or some of them, I will select Only the application listed below and click Add for  adding application :

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5. I will block Internet explorer  so type the iexplore.exe and click ok:

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then click next:

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6. Select the Hosts window you can add computer which you want to block application or select Any computer to assign rule to all computer:

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7. Select the network services window yo can select ports which you want to block, i will select HTTP Server (80,443) :

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8. i don’t want to create log entry , so i select No and click Finish:

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9. As you see Block Application rule created successfully:

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The next article we will look at how to export or import firewall policies and rules.