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Configure the BullGuard Firewall



Allow incoming and outgoing traffic with the BullGuard Personal Firewall

Think of this as a port forward for your firewall. By enabling an incoming port, you allow people on the outside to get to your computer. Possible reasons for this are to run Peer to Peer networks, host game servers, and to run internet servers behind your firewall. Use this option with caution as it opens your network up to outsiders. This rule is specific to a single program.

Incoming Traffic Rules

Think of this option as controlling the software that is installed on your PC. Many programs need to communicate with the Internet, and they do this through outgoing ports. If you are surfing the web, then you are talking on an outgoing port. You need to open an outgoing port for any application that you want to enable to talk on the Internet. This option is much safer than incoming ports because it does not open your computer up to the internet.

Outgoing Traffic Rules

The easy method.

This is the easiest method of the three, but also the least secure. This method allows all incoming and outgoing traffic to reach this particular program. If the programs has any vulnerablities then they can be exploited.

The easy method.