Adding a firewall rule for a Web-enabled program

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Adding a firewall rule for a Web-enabled program

Add a firewall rule

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Start Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall.

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Click Personal Firewall.

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Click Configure.

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On the Programs tab, in the "Settings for" drop-down list, select the Network Location that contains the program rule that you want to add a firewall rule to.
By default, the current Network Location is selected.

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In the Manual Program Control list, select the program rule that you want to add a firewall rule to.

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Under the Internet Access column, in the drop-down list, click Custom or Manually configure Internet access.

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Click Add.

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In the Add Rule wizard, select the action that the rule should take, and then click Next.

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Select the type of connection that the rule should monitor, and then click Next.

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Select the computers that the rule should monitor, and then click Next.

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Select the protocols that the rule should monitor.

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Select the ports that the rule should monitor, and then click Next.

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Select whether the rule should be tracked and how you want it to be tracked, and then click Next.

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In the "What do you want to call this rule?" box, type a name for the rule, and then click Next.
If a category list appears, select a category.

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Select the locations that should use these settings, and then click Next.

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Review the new rule settings.

If they are correct, click Finish.
If they are incorrect, use the Back button to go back to a previous step and make changes.