Edit Firewall Exception Dialog

Direction

Specify what type of traffic do you want your firewall rule to allow or block.

Display Name

Specify the name of the firewall exception rule that will be visible in the Windows Firewall Configuration Manager. This string is localizable.

Group

Bundle the rule in the specified group. Performing operations at the group level will activate or deactivate all contained application exceptions.

This functionality is available for installers running on Windows Vista SP1 or later.

Program path

Specify the process path that should be authorized / registered with Windows Firewall.

During installation, the formatted value specified in this field must expand to a valid file path that exists on disk.

Protocol

Specify the network protocol for the chosen port.

Port number

Specify the port number to authorized / registered with Windows Firewall. Multiple ports must be written comma-separated (e.g. 2050, 2055, 2057) and port ranges must be written hyphenated (e.g. 2050-2057).

During installation, the formatted value specified in this field must expand to a valid port number.

Condition

You can condition the configuration of this firewall exception.

Action

Specify what action should be taken when a connection matches your conditions.

Network Scope

Click the Network Scope link button and specify the network scope for which this firewall exception applies.

Network Profile

Click the Network Profile link button and select the network profiles to which the firewall exception will be added to.

All fields are of Formatted Type and can be edited using Smart Edit Control.

When the Windows Firewall service is turned off the installation of the firewall exception rules will be skipped.