One of the most useful and important features of Outpost Firewall is its policies. A policy is the basic attitude you want Outpost Firewall to have in doing its job of policing your computer's access to and by the Internet or any other network your computer may be connected to. The policy of Block most, for example, gives Outpost Firewall a particularly nasty attitude but Allow most makes Outpost Firewall very trusting.
Here are the different polices:
| Icon | Mode | Description |
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Stop all | All network connections are blocked. |
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Block most | All network connections are blocked except those you explicitly allow. |
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Rules Wizard | Helps you determine how an application will interact with the network the first time each application is run. |
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Allow most | All network connections are allowed except those you explicitly block. |
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Disable | All network connections are allowed. |
The icon shown for each mode is what is displayed in the system tray as the Outpost Firewall icon. You can tell at a glance what mode Outpost Firewall is in by looking at its system tray icon.