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Host Intrusion Prevention 6.1 Product Guide Host Intrusion Prevention Client
Windows client
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To edit the Blocked Hosts list:
1 Click
Add to add a host.
The
Blocked Host dialog box appears.
2 Enter the IP address you want to block. To search for an IPS address by domain
name, click
DNS Lookup.
3 Determine how long to block the IP address:
Select Until Removed to keep the host blocked until deleted.
Select For and type the number of minutes, up to 60, to keep the host blocked
for a fixed period of time.
4 Click
Trace Source to trace the IP address and gather information like NetBIOS users,
MAC address, Telnet server banner, HTTP server banner, FTP server banner, SMTP
server banner, and DNS names of nearby addresses.
5 Click
OK.
The new blocked host appears in the list.
6 For other edits, do one of the following:
Time The time and date when you added this address to the
blocked addresses list.
Time Remaining
How long Host Intrusion Prevention will continue to block this
address.
If you specified an expiration time when you blocked the
address, this column shows the number of minutes left until
Host Intrusion Prevention removes the address from the list.
If you specified that you wanted this address blocked until
you manually removed it from the list, this column displays
Until removed.
Column What it shows
Note
After you create a blocked address, Host Intrusion Prevention adds a new entry to
the list on the
Application Protection tab. It blocks any communication attempt from
that IP address until you remove it from the blocked addresses list, or a set period
of time expires.
To... Do this...
View the details
of or edit a
blocked host
Double-click a host entry, or select a host and click Properties. The
Blocked Host dialog box displays information that can be edited.
Delete a blocked
host
Select a host and click
Remove.