Reviewing and Changing the Permission Status of an Application
Depending on the type of control that the Personal Firewall is under, you may or may not be able to change an application's access status.
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What is access status?
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How do I change an application's access status?
What is Access Status?
Access Status is a set of rules that governs how many rights an application has in terms of having access your network connection or modem. Depending on what status is assigned to an application (or service) and how much configuration you apply to it, an application can either gain access to your network any time, under certain conditions, with your permission, or be blocked from gaining access to the network altogether.
The Personal Firewall provides the following type of access status:
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Allow
An application with a status of Allow is permitted to have access to network connections. Under the Allow status, an application (or service) can be configured so that it can only access the network if using a certain port, or during certain hours.
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Ask
When a new application attempts to access your network connection while you are under the default security setting (Normal), the Personal Firewall displays a pop-up window to ask if you want to allow the application to have access to the network because the application has a default access status of Ask. If you have not allowed or blocked an application, the Personal Firewall prompts you every time it tries to gain access to the network or modem.
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Block
An application with a status of Block is denied access to the network.
You have several choices when the application pop-up message is displayed as shown in the following table.
Firewall Application Access Status
If you click
If you check “Remember my answer...” box?
Your Personal Firewall will...
Yes
Yes
Allow the application.
Yes
No
Ask you if you want to allow the application.
No
Yes
Block the application.
No
No
Block the application this time, and in the future ask you if you want to allow the application.
If you select:
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Yes and tell the Personal Firewall to remember your answer, you are no longer prompted. This application is allowed to have access to the network until you change its access status. The application now has a status of Allow.
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Yes but do not elect to have the Personal Firewall remember your answer, then every time this application attempts to gain access to the network, you are asked each time whether or not the application is allowed or denied access. This application now has a status of Ask.
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No and tell the Personal Firewall to remember your answer, you are no longer prompted. This application is systematically denied access to the network unless you change its access status. This application now has a status of Block.
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No but do not elect to have the Personal Firewall remember your answer, then every time this application attempts to gain access to the network, you are asked each time whether or not the application is allowed or denied access. This application now has a status of Ask.
If you change your mind about the access status of an application, you can change its status from the Applications List.
To Change the Status of an Application
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Open the Applications List.
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Click on the File Name of the appropriate application until the row is highlighted.
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Right-click on the highlighted row.
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Click the appropriate access status (Allow, Ask, or Block) from the list.
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Click OK to close the Applications List.