Documentation? Program Rule Dialog

[IrwinMFletch]

Looking for documentation on the two fields below. Their meaning, use, acceptable values, etc.

Pressing F1 on that dialog leads me here - which is about as useful as a 404…

[SoulAsylum]

Unfortunately Norton doesn’t include documented user guides for their products. These two settings are fairly straight forward. Profile will be what trust level the rule will be given. Address will either be the MAC address of specific devices or IP address.

SA

[bjm]

Learn more about Smart Firewall
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/norton-360-deluxe/24.12/solutions/v20240108181430529

Configure Smart Firewall settings
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Learn about the parameters for Traffic rules ›

Each rule is defined by the following parameters:

• Name: Displays the name of the rule.
• Profile: Indicates which network profile the rule applies to (Public, Private, or All).
• Action: Indicates the action that Firewall takes when this rule is applied. Smart Firewall may Allow or Block the connection attempt.
• Protocol: Indicates the network protocol used by the corresponding traffic. One protocol may be selected, or All if the rule applies to all protocols.
• Direction: Indicates whether the rule applies to incoming connections (In), outgoing connections (Out), or to connections in both directions (In/Out). For TCP, UDP, or ICMP protocols, this field corresponds to the direction of the first received packet only.
• Address: Indicates the source or destination IP address to which the rule applies. The rule may apply to a single IP address, multiple IP addresses (separated by commas), or an IP address range (starting with the lowest IP address and separated with a dash). If the field is blank, the rule applies to all IP addresses.
• Local port: Indicates a network port number on the local IP address of your PC’s network interface. The rule may apply for a single port number, multiple ports (separated by commas), or a port range (starting with the lowest port number and separated with a dash). If the field is blank, the rule applies to all local ports.
• Remote port: Indicates a network port number on the remote IP address of the external server or device. The rule may apply for a single port number, multiple ports (separated by commas), or a port range (starting with the lowest port number and separated with a dash). If the field is blank, the rule applies to all remote ports.
• ICMP Type: Indicates the control message (represented by a code number) that the rule applies to. The rule may apply to a single code number, or multiple codes (separated by commas). This option is only available for connections based on the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). The code numbers of control messages are listed in the technical specifications of the ICMP (RFC 792).

Certain fields are not displayed depending on the Protocol setting, as the availability of certain parameters depends on the technical specifications of protocols.

https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/norton-360-deluxe/24.12/solutions/v20240108181338560

[IrwinMFletch]

Excellent! I was looking for the new equivalent to “computers in local subnet”. Is Private the new equivalent?

Also good to know ‘ranges’ are supported.

[Puzzler]

@bjm Have you tried using the dash/hyphen to apply a range of values in custom traffic rules after v24 release? Previous versions of N360 allowed that but v24 doesn’t. There’s another community member who has the same issue and contacted Live Chat support but got nowhere. I tried to contact a live tech support via Live Chat today but after an hour of waiting, I gave up. Is there anything you could suggest we do? Thanks in advance.