Configure Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall

There are two ways to configure the Sunbelt Kerio Personall Firewall. There's the quick method and the advanced method. With the quick method, you just allow whatever ports the program needs. The advanced method is a bit more secure, because it only allows data to flow on certain ports.

Configure the Sunbeld Kerio Personal Firewall using the Quick Method

Please keep in mind that when this method is used, you don't know exactly what ports you are opening. Eazy Method

Configure the Sunbeld Kerio Personal Firewall using the Advanced Methods

Think of this as a port forward for your firewall. By enabling an incoming port, you allow people on the outside to get inside your network. 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.

Advanced Incoming

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. You may, however, have a program that you do not want to allow to talk on the Internet. In this case, you can firewall it by simply not opening up its outgoing ports. This option is much safer than incoming ports because it does not open your computer up from the inside. Advanced Outgoing