PortsLock: readme
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Please read this file carefully (especially the "Installation" chapter)
before installing the program to your computer.

IMPORTANT! If you obtained PortsLock not from our web page, but from another
source (CD or a software library), please visit our home page where you
might find a later version.


Contents
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 Program information
 Company information
 Description
 Installation (!)
 Registration
 Copyright and license
 Technical support


Program information
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Program Archive Name:
 portslock.zip
Program Name:
 PortsLock
Program Version:
 1.7
Program Release Date:
 September 13, 2005
Target OS:
 Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server
Program Description:
 PortsLock is a firewall with user-level access controls.
Software type:
 30-day trial


Company information
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Company Name:
  SmartLine Inc.
Authors Name:
  Alex Egiazarov
  Ashot Oganesyan
Contact E-mail Address:
  support@protect-me.com
Contact WWW URL:
  http://www.protect-me.com


Description
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PortsLock is a firewall that offers user-level access controls for Windows
NT/2000/XP. It integrates with the Windows user authentication system and once
installed, administrators can assign permissions to TCP/IP connections, just as
they would in managing permissions on an NTFS partition of a hard disk.
PortsLock lets you control which users can access what TCP/IP based protocols
(HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, Telnet, etc.) on a local computer, depending on the
time of day and day of the week. You can also set allowed/denied TCP/UDP ports
and IP addresses for incoming and outgoing connections. PortsLock is completely
transparent to users and only Windows administrators are allowed to set rules.
Administrators that are familiar with IPsec, can think of this as a
user-specific IPsec configuration, where user A can be allowed access to the
web during business hours, but denied FTP traffic and user B can only access
sites within the corporate network etc. Additional features include optional
traffic auditing (per user setting), remote access and automatic deployment to
remote machines.

With PortsLock you can:

 - Block access to network resources (web sites, network services, LAN, etc.)
   for a particular user or user group  

 - Control access to network resources, depending on the time of day and day
   of the week

 - Audit network activity for a particular user or user group

 - Monitor applications' network activities and discovery of malicious programs
   (viruses, Trojans, etc.) in real-time

 - Control all functions remotely

 - Install PortsLock Service on remote computers without having to physically
   go to them

 - Install and uninstall it automatically from a script or via MS SMS


Installation
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To install PortsLock you MUST have administrative privileges.

Run "setup.exe". You'll need to select the target directory for the install.

If you install PortsLock on an NTFS partition, Setup protects PortsLock's
directory and files by allowing only members of the Administrators group or
the SYSTEM account to access PortsLock's files or to uninstall PortsLock.

If you wish to install PortsLock without an user intervention you should run
PortsLock Setup with the /s parameter (e.g. "c:\setup.exe /s"). This gives an
install that can be used from within a batch file. There is a special
configuration file for silent setup: portslock.ini. With this file, you can
customize the PortsLock installation parameters. For example:

 1. "Install" parameters:

      Service    - PortsLock Service and its related files will be installed
      Manager    - PortsLock Manager and its related files will be installed
      Documents  - documentation will be installed

    To specify a destination directory for PortsLock, you can supply
    the parameter InstallDir

    If you have the registration key-file for PortsLock, you can specify
    a directory with this file in the parameter RegFileDir


 2. "Misc" parameters:

      Run - this parameter is used to launch an application or execute a batch
            file after a successful install.


Registration
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See "register.txt" file.


Copyright and license
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See "license.txt" file.


Technical support
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See "contacts.txt" file.





                                         Copyright(c) 2001-2005 SmartLine Inc.
                                                          All rights reserved.
                         PortsLock is a registered trademark of SmartLine Inc.