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Allow traffic out of your network with the NVidia ActiveArmor Firewall
I've heard of and experienced this firewall causing "out of memory" errors with some programs. Just be aware of that when using this firewall. Go ahead and open up the Nvidia ActiveArmor Firewall.
Click the
View the current Profile
link.
In the main section of this page change the
Security Profiles
to one of the custom configurations. Put a dot in to the
Re-generate profile based on
radio button. I chose medium here, but you can choose any of the profiles to base your custom profile off of. Then click the
Apply
button at the bottom of this page. You should see a status page as the firewall generates the custom configuration settings. When it is finished you should find yourself back at the Firewall Basic Configuration Page. Now click the
Firewall
link on the left hand side of this page. Then click the
Advanced Configuration
link. Then click the
UDP/TCP Port
link in the left hand menu.
The default
TCP/UDP port outbound action
drop down box should be set to deny. Click the
Add
button at the bottom of the page. Enter the name of the application you are opening ports for in to the
Name
box.It doesn't matter what you put in to that box, but something that will remind you why that configuration is here would be a good idea. Leave the
Any Remote IP Address
radio button dotted. If you want to open a single port, enter that port number in to the beginning port number and the ending port number boxes. If you want to open a range of ports enter the lowest number of that range into the beginning port number box, and then enter the highest number of that range in to the ending port number box. Use the
Port Protocol
drop down box to select the both option. The TCP/UDP port inbound and outbound action boxes should both be set to allow. When you are finished with that click the
Apply
button to save that rule. That should be it. The firewall should be properly configured.
