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On the Home page, under Firewall, click Configure firewall.
For information about the Home
page, see
About the Home page.
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Under Configurations, click Configure next to the location that you want
to configure.
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Click the Applications tab.
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Select the application in the list, and
then click Custom.
You can also double-click the application in the list.
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In the Application Rules dialog box, click
Edit.
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Under Rule
name, type a name for the rule.
The rule name must be unique within the list of rules. Two
application rules cannot have the same name, but two applications
can each have a rule with the same name.
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In Windows 8, under Protocol, select the protocol you want to
use.
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Under Select
the events the rule will handle, select the conditions that
the connection must match for the rule to apply.
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Under Select
the action with which the rule will respond, select either
Allow it or Block it.
- Do one of the
following:
- To allow
other connections to and from the same remote address while the
initial connection exists, select Concurrent connections. This option is only
available for TCP rules.
- To
intelligently allow replies from the remote computer based on the
initial connection, select Stateful
inspection. This option is only available for UDP
rules.
Note: In
Windows 8, these options are not displayed as Stateful inspection is always used and
Concurrent connections are not
supported.
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Under Rule
description, click an underlined value.