Firewall profiles

Global default profile—If there is no profile from network nor from network adapter configuration, the global default profile is used.

List of profiles—Profiles can be used to control the behavior of the ESET Endpoint Security Firewall. When creating or editing a firewall rule, you can assign it to a specific profile, or have it apply to every profile. When a profile is active on a network interface, only the global rules (rules with no profile specified) and the rules that have been assigned to that profile are applied to it. You can create multiple profiles with different rules assigned to network adapters or assigned to networks to easily alter firewall behavior.

Profiles assigned to network adapters—A network adapter can be set up to use a profile configured for a specific network when it is connected to that network.

You can also assign a specific profile to use when on a given network in Advanced setup (F5) > Firewall > Known networks. Select a network from the list of Known networks and click Edit to assign a firewall profile to the specific network from the Firewall profile drop-down menu. If that network has no assigned profile, then the adapter's default profile will be used. If the adapter is set up not to use the network's profile, its default profile will be used regardless of which network it is connected to. If there is no profile for a network or for adapter configuration, the global default profile is used. To assign a profile to a network adapter, select the network adapter, click Edit next to Profiles assigned to network adapters, select the profile from Default firewall profile drop-down menu and then click OK.

When the firewall switches to another profile, a notification will appear in the lower right corner by the system clock.