Blocking Intruders

After Outpost detects an attack and displays the "Port Scan Detected" message in the logs, it can be configured to avoid possible future attacks.

1. Select Options

2. Select Plug-Ins

3. Highlight Attack Detection

4. Click Settings

5. Specify the steps Outpost Firewall is to follow if an attack on your computer is detected:

• Block the intruder IP for, if selected, blocks all network exchanges from the computer attacking yours for the number of minutes you set (60 minutes is the default).

• Also block intruder subnet, if selected, blocks all network exchanges from the entire subnet to which the intruder belongs.

Note

You can quickly access the plug-in's properties by right-clicking its name in the left panel of Outpost Firewall's main window.

Related Topics

About Attack Detection

Viewing the Attack Detection log

Setting the Alarm Level