When you double-click an alert, or highlight it and click Details..., the Internet Shield Alert properties dialog box is shown. You can see the alert description that was entered when the rule that caused the alert was created, as well as the IP address of the remote computer involved and the time of the alert. You can see the direction of the traffic and what action was taken, as well as the protocol and ports that were involved, and the service used, if it is known.
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Description
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Alert information
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Time stamp
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The date and time when the alert occurred.
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Description
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The alerting text specified in the rule that generated the alert.
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Action
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Shows whether Internet Shield allowed or denied the packet that generated the alert.
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Direction
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Shows whether the traffic is inbound or outbound.
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Protocol
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Shows the IP protocol of the packet.
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Services
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Shows the matching service(s) for the packet that caused this alert.
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Host information
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Remote Port
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The port on the remote address the packet came from or was going to.
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Local Port
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The local network port the packet was leaving or arriving to.
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Remote address
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The remote IP address of the packet that generated the alert.
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Local address
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The local address of the packet generating the alert. It is either a unicast address, a multicast group or a broadcast address.
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Click DNS name to display the DNS name resolution of the IP address, if it can be translated.
Click < Previous or Next > to move to the previous or the next alert on the list. Click OK to close the Alerts properties box.
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