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Firewalling for the NVidia ActiveArmor Firewall






 

Before we can open ports for BitSpirit, we need to figure out what ports BitSpirit is using. Here is a brief walkthrough on how to do that. Go ahead and open up BitSpirit.



Click Options in the menu at the top of your screen. In the list that drops down click Preferences.



Click the Network Options tab at the top of that page. You should now see the menu shown in the screenshot above. The number in the Default Port for TCP Listening box contains the port you need to open. You can change this port if you want to. If you do change it, it is a good idea to pick a port between 10000 and 60000. Most ISPs do not block those higher numbered ports.

BitSpirit's Port for incoming connections

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. That should be it. The firewall should be properly configured.