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Client Firewall 3

JohnLee

Hi,

Installed SCF 3.0 on windows 8 pro after a few issues but finally got everything working.

First thoughts of SCF 3.0 are good but the basic configuration setup is hopeless.  It does not even contain internet explorer as an allowed application.  I understand that some deployments do not want this allowable but it would be easier to remove some applications than to set every permission one at a time.

Secondondly, when you view the blocked logs, you cannot assign the application to the allow list drirect from the log, you have to search each application one at a time.  A very slow process indeed.

Finally, are there any templates which can be modified to speed up this process and to assist deployment across a all client standalone systems.

Regards

John

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    Sophos help file states: 

    Note: In Windows 8, interactive mode is not available. You must add specific policy rules to allow or block applications. Alternatively, you can use the event viewer in the management console to manage application rules interactively.

    It would have been nice to have the interactive mode where the "firewall displays a learning dialog each time an unknown application or service requests network access. The learning dialog asks you whether to allow the traffic once, block it once, or whether to create a rule for that type of traffic". 

    John

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    Sophos help file states: 

    Note: In Windows 8, interactive mode is not available. You must add specific policy rules to allow or block applications. Alternatively, you can use the event viewer in the management console to manage application rules interactively.

    It would have been nice to have the interactive mode where the "firewall displays a learning dialog each time an unknown application or service requests network access. The learning dialog asks you whether to allow the traffic once, block it once, or whether to create a rule for that type of traffic". 

    John

    :41105
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