Normal Personal Firewall - features

Some of the features in Norman personal Firewall include the following:

Full support for TCP/IP and standard modem dialup connections

This means that it can be used in all regular networks and telephone systems.

Disabling of file browsing based on rules

This feature is very useful for detection and prevention of unauthorized persons trying to access shared files/directories on your computer. This can happen while you are connected to the LAN or the Internet.

Norman Personal Firewall will notify you if someone is trying to get access to your files, and you can decide whether to accept this or block it.

Ability to block applications attempting to access the Internet.

This feature may prevent you from being a part of a DDoS attack. It also blocks unauthorized users taking control over your PC using trojans. Attempts to send out personal information like credit card number, passwords etc. from your PC are also stopped.

Contents Blocking based on site rules

Malicious ActiveX controls, JavaScripts and Java applets can be stopped from getting access to your system.

These scripts and applets can be essential for some features in certain web sites, but you have to trust the sites you allow to execute these “programs” on your system. With the Norman Personal Firewall you can set up rules for which sites you trust enough to allow this, and to block all the others.

Cookies Manager based on site rules

Web servers place text files on your computer that may give the web sites that set such cookies, lots of information about your surfing habits. They log things like how many times you have entered that particular web site, which AD banners you have seen and/or followed the link to. This can also, however, make your surfing more convenient, since it stores your preferences.

Norman Personal Firewall lets you decide which sites shall be allowed to store cookies on your computer, and blocks the rest.

Blocking Banner Advertisements

The Norman Personal Firewall is also able to block such announcements which are considered annoying by lots of web surfers. This speeds up the download time from the different web sites since they are not able to send you the ad banners.

The Norman Personal Firewall Wizard will guide you through the procedures of setting up rules. This feature will make your surfing easier and safer.

Rules editor

The editor feature lets you edit site rules that have previously been made if you want to modify settings. It might be that you now trust a previously banned site etc.

You can edit rules for the following settings

• IP-address
• TCP/UDP
• process/port
• cookies
• active content

Additional features includes

• Logging of URLs/processes/ports
• General IP blocking based on rules
• Blocking of sites based on domain names/IP addresses
• NetBios support for Win 9x (Support for Me and NT/2000 planned first quarter 2001)
• Ability to control packets of data, inbound and outbound on a per application and per site basis
• Ability to block referring address

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