Question

You are configuring the local firewall for your Windows 8 computer. Which types of rules should you create for your computer?

Answer 1

Windows 8 Firewall rules that can be defined include;

Inbound Rules

Outbound Rules

Connection - specific Rules

Inbound Rules – Type of rules that help protect your PC from other computers from making unsolicited connections to it.

Outbound Rules – They help protect your PC by preventing it from making unsolicited connections to other computers.

Connection – specific rules – These rules help a computer admin to create and apply custom rules based on a particular connection.