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2. From the Service Type list, select the application or service to be allowed or blocked. The list
already displays several common services, and if you select one of them, the screen then
displays the settings appropriate for that service.
• As you add services to be blocked, after you click Apply, those services are included in
the Service table
• You are not limited to the choices predefined in the Service Type list. You can create
custom services as described in the following section.
Adding Custom Services
To add any additional services or applications that are not in the Service Type list:
1. Select User Defined in the Service Type list.
2. Enter the name of the user-defined service or application in the Service Type/User Defined
field (below Ending Port).
3. From the Protocol list, if you know that the application uses either TCP or UDP, select the
appropriate protocol. If you are not sure, select TCP/UDP.
4. Enter the Starting Port and Ending Port numbers. If the application uses a single port
number, enter that number in both fields.
5. Click Apply.
The service numbers for many common protocols are defined by the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) and published in RFC1700, "Assigned Numbers." Service numbers for other
applications are typically chosen from the range 1024 to 65535 by the authors of the
application. This information can usually be determined by contacting the publisher of the
application or from user groups of newsgroups.

Blocking by Filtering IP Addresses

To block the specified service for a single computer, a range of computers (having consecutive IP
addresses), or all computers on your network
1. To filter by IP address, select one of the following under Filter Services For:
• To block a single computer, select Only This IP Address, and enter that computer's IP
address.
• To block a group of computers that have consecutive IP addresses, select IP Address
Range, and enter the beginning and the end of the IP address range.
• To block all computers, select All IP Addresses.
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