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Firewalling for the NVidia ActiveArmor Firewall






 

Most ISPs block the default port that Azureus uses. So it is a good idea to change Azureus' port number to something other than the default port. Here's a brief walkthrough on how to do that.



In Azureus click Tools in the menu at the top of your screen. Then click the Options link in the menu that drops down.



In the menu tree on the left hand side of this window Connection should be selected. Pick a random port between 49152 and 65535. Then enter that port into the Incomming TCP/UDP Listen Port box. When you are done, be sure to click the Save button at the bottom of the configuation screen.

Please enter the port you chose for Azureus below.

Azureus' Port

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 inbound action drop down box should be set to deny. Click the Add button on the bottom of this page. Then enter the settings as shown below.
UDP/TCP Port - Add Rule
Name
 
Any Remote IP Address
Specify Remote IP address and/or mask
Remote IP Address
Remote IP subnet mask
 
Beginning Port Number {min 0, max 65535}
 
Ending Port Number {min 0, max 65535}
 
Port Protocol
 
TCP/UDP port inbound action
 
TCP/UDP port outbound action
 
 
Click the Apply button to save that rule. Click the Add button on the bottom of this page. Then enter the settings as shown below.
UDP/TCP Port - Add Rule
Name
 
Any Remote IP Address
Specify Remote IP address and/or mask
Remote IP Address
Remote IP subnet mask
 
Beginning Port Number {min 0, max 65535}
 
Ending Port Number {min 0, max 65535}
 
Port Protocol
 
TCP/UDP port inbound action
 
TCP/UDP port outbound action
 
 
Click the Apply button to save that rule. That should be it. The firewall should be properly configured.