Temporary IP address blacklist

To view IP addresses that have been detected as sources of attacks are added to the blacklist to block connection for a certain period of time, from ESET Internet Security navigate to Setup > Network protection > Temporary IP address blacklist. Temporarily blocked IP addresses are blocked for 1 hour.

Columns

IP address – shows an IP address that has been blocked.

Block reason – shows type of attack that has been prevented from the address (for example TCP Port Scanning attack).

Timeout – shows time and date when the address will expire from the black list.

Control elements

Remove – click to remove an address from the blacklist before it will expire.

Remove all – click to remove all addresses from the blacklist immediately.

Add exception – click to add an firewall exception into IDS filtering.