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Irbis Firewall is a firewall application for
Microsoft Windows ME/2000/XP developed to protect your computer from
network attacks while it is connected to the network. This document
describes most common actions you can perform with Irbis Firewall:
Irbis Firewall
is ready to work immediately after installation complete.
To run Irbis Firewall, push the Start button, select
the Programs submenu, then move into Irbis Firewall
submenu and click Irbis Firewall. The first run of
the Irbis Firewall uses default settings which are enough
to protect standalone PC connected to the Internet.
If you wish Irbis Firewall to run
automatically after your computer boot up, use the
Startup panel in the Irbis Firewall
Configuration Dialog accessed through
System menu.
If you wish to change the security level provided
by Irbis Firewall, use the Security
panel in the Irbis Firewall Configuration Dialog accessed
through System menu.
This table shows what security level may be used for some of the typical situations:
| Highest security level |
Computers used for limited network tasks like
browsing WWW, using ICQ, reading e-mail, etc. |
| High security level (default) |
Recommended for most users. Allows working with arbitrary
number of network services (WWW, ICQ, FTP, e-mail, TELNET, SSH, etc),
except on-line games. |
| Medium security level |
Computers used for unlimited work in network,
including on-line FPS and RTS (first-place shooter and
real-time strategy) games. |
| Low security level |
Protects only basic Windows subsystems without any other limitations. |
Irbis Firewall has an embedded HTTP proxy server
allowing you to share single Internet connection with a group of computers
without insecure Windows Internet Connection Sharing. The default
configuration disables the embedded proxy server. To enable it, use
the Proxy server parameters panel
in the HTTP proxy server configuration dialog window accessed through the
System menu. After enabling the embedded
HTTP proxy server don't forget to change the settings of
your browser and download programs properly.
To view Irbis Firewall log files, you may use
Irbis Firewall Log Window accessed
through the Log files
menu. You can also use Irbis Firewall Log Viewer
application which is in the same Programs the Programs submenu
as Irbis Firewall.
To change Irbis Firewall interface language,
select Change language item in the
System menu. After you select a new
language, all Irbis Firewall messages and captions
will display in the selected language.
To create non-standard configuration use the
Irbis Firewall Configuration Dialog.
Select Security panel, then select
Custom settings, and click Customize...
Create the rulesets with rules and policy you need, using
Irbis Firewall Manual
Configuration dialog. Then select the
Bindings panel and set associations
between the IP-addresses of interfaces and your rulesets.
When you are done click OK to save changes and check the result.
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