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You can see whether the BitDefender firewall is enabled or disabled. If you want to

change the firewall status, clear or select the corresponding check box.

Important

To be protected against Internet attacks keep the Firewall enabled.

There are two categories of information:

⚫ Network Configuration Brief. You can see your computer's name, its IP address

and the default gateway. If you have more than one network adapter (meaning

that you are connected to more than one network), you will see the IP address

and the gateway configured for each network adapter.

⚫ Statistics. You can see various statistics regarding the firewall activity:

▸ number of bytes sent.

▸ number of bytes received.

▸ number of port scans detected and blocked by BitDefender. Port scans are

frequently used by hackers to find open ports on your computer with the intent

of exploiting them.

▸ number of packets dropped.

▸ number of open ports.

▸ number of active incoming connections.

▸ number of active outgoing connections.

To see the active connections and the open ports, go to the Activity tab.

At the bottom of the section you can see the BitDefender statistics regarding

incoming and outgoing traffic. The graph shows the internet traffic volume over the

last two minutes.

Note

The graph appears even if the Firewall is disabled.

22.1.1. Setting the Default Action

By default, BitDefender automatically allows all known programs from its white list

to access network services and the Internet. For all the other programs, BitDefender

prompts you through an alert window to specify the action to be taken. The action

you specify is applied every time the respective application requests network/Internet

access.

You can drag the slider along the scale to set the default action to be taken on the

applications requiring network/Internet access. The following default actions are

available:

Firewall

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