How to allow a program to run as a server in Outpost?

Hi.

I need some help to set up a program acting as a server in Outpost Pro firewall 2.1.

Thanks

PS: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=33267

 

Hi A884126

Allowing a program to "act as a server" is another way of saying "allowing inbound connections". First you will need to determine which protocol, application/service and local port you want to listen on, then create your rule to allow this.

Action: Allow
Protocol: TCP and/or UDP depending on what you are listening for
Direction: Inbound
Application: service or application configured to listen on selected port
Local Port: port # you have selected
Local Address: your address or Any
Remote Port: Any
Remote Address: Any

Not sure of the terminology used by Outpost but this guideline should work. You may want to condider if you want to log these connections as well.

Regards,

CrazyM

 

Thanks so much for your precious help.

This is one example of Outpost rules for TDS that I made. If it helps someone...

For example if I wanted to monitor the Netbus 2.x port I would create the following rule for tds-3.exe.

TDS-3 Netbus 2.x Monitoring
Where protocol is TCP
and Where the direction is Inbound
and Where the local port is 20034
Allow It

Now I can make one rule that allows inbound on all of the local ports I wish to monitor, but I prefer to make a seperate rule for each inbound port. It allows me to easily control inbound communications on a per port basis, and it makes for cleaner logging. More rules means more chances to make a mistake and fewer rules means less flexibility.