16.5 Adding Preconfigured Firewall Rules
New rules are created by clicking on the Rules button followed by the + button located at the bottom of the rules panel as highlighted in Figure 16-5:
Figure 16-5
Once selected the dialog shown in Figure 16-6 will appear with the Preconfigured tab selected. The Preconfigured panel allows rules to be selected that match specific applications and services. For example traffic from such tools as Skype, and BitTorrent may be enabled by selecting the entry from the Application menu and the Policy and Direction menus accordingly to restrict or allow traffic.
To help find a specific application or service, use the Category and Subcategory menus to filter the items that appear in the Application menu. Alternatively, simply enter the application or service name in the Application Filter field to filter the menu items:
Figure 16-6
The Policy menu provides the following options for controlling traffic for the selected application...
