Sygate Firewall Pro - Hierarchy

AndreaACME · 02-04-2008, 05:26 AM

Hi everyone,

I have a problem in understanding how Sygate FW works.

In my case I have a problem on OUTLOOK.EXE (which I use to connect to an Exchange Server). I have configured for this application full access to the network (in Appl Rules) but in the logs I can see that it is blocked by rule name "GUI%GUICONFIG#SRULE@NBBLOCK#BLOCK-TCP". In my opinion that is wrong, why is it being blocked??? And most of all by whom???

I have no Advanced Rules which could block this configured, otherwise, I would have found a blocking rule name like this: "GUI%GUICONFIG#SRULE@ADVRULECONFIG#.......".

In which order are rules parsed? For what I know it should be always from TOP to BOTTOM in their respective lists and Advanced Rules should "dominate" on Application Rules.

What is the hierarchy? I think that I am missing some important notion here.

Regards,
Andy

02-04-2008, 05:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
AndreaACME Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 11 OS: XP	Sygate Firewall Pro - Hierarchy Hi everyone, I have a problem in understanding how Sygate FW works. In my case I have a problem on OUTLOOK.EXE (which I use to connect to an Exchange Server). I have configured for this application full access to the network (in Appl Rules) but in the logs I can see that it is blocked by rule name "GUI%GUICONFIG#SRULE@NBBLOCK#BLOCK-TCP". In my opinion that is wrong, why is it being blocked??? And most of all by whom??? I have no Advanced Rules which could block this configured, otherwise, I would have found a blocking rule name like this: "GUI%GUICONFIG#SRULE@ADVRULECONFIG#.......". In which order are rules parsed? For what I know it should be always from TOP to BOTTOM in their respective lists and Advanced Rules should "dominate" on Application Rules. What is the hierarchy? I think that I am missing some important notion here. Regards, Andy Last edited by AndreaACME; 02-04-2008 at 05:28 AM. Reason: Important technical detail was missing