Exporting and importing firewall rules
You can export all your current firewall rules to a .ipp file that you can import and use on another computer. Exporting and importing can also be used as a form of backup.
To export firewall rules
1. If using DeviceLock Management Console, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Management Console and connect it to the computer running DeviceLock Service.
b) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Service Settings Editor, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Service Settings Editor.
b) In the console tree, right-click DeviceLock Settings or DeviceLock Service, and then click Load Service Settings to open the DeviceLock Service settings file.
c) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Group Policy Manager, do the following:
a) Open Group Policy Object Editor.
b) In the console tree, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand DeviceLock.
2. Expand Protocols.
3. Under Protocols, do one of the following:
•Right-click Basic IP Firewall, and then click Save.
- OR -
•Select
Basic IP Firewall, and then click
Save 
on the toolbar.
- OR -
•Expand Basic IP Firewall, right-click any user or group specified in the firewall rule, and then click Save.
- OR -
•Expand Basic IP Firewall, select any user or group specified in the firewall rule. In the details pane, right-click the firewall rule, and then click Save.
- OR -
•Expand
Basic IP Firewall, select any user or group specified in the firewall rule, and then click
Save on the toolbar.
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•Right-click Basic IP Firewall, and then click Manage. In the right pane of the Basic IP Firewall dialog box, under Rules, click Save.
4. In the Save As dialog box that appears, specify the name and location of the .ipp file, and then click Save.
When you export firewall rules, they are saved in a file with the .ipp file name extension.
To import firewall rules
1. If using DeviceLock Management Console, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Management Console and connect it to the computer running DeviceLock Service.
b) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Service Settings Editor, do the following:
a) Open DeviceLock Service Settings Editor.
b) In the console tree, expand DeviceLock Service.
If using DeviceLock Group Policy Manager, do the following:
a) Open Group Policy Object Editor.
b) In the console tree, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand DeviceLock.
2. Expand Protocols.
3. Under Protocols, do one of the following:
•Right-click Basic IP Firewall, and then click Load.
- OR -
•Select
Basic IP Firewall, and then click
Load 
on the toolbar.
- OR -
•Expand Basic IP Firewall, right-click any user or group specified in the firewall rule, and then click Load.
- OR -
•Expand Basic IP Firewall, select any user or group specified in the firewall rule. In the details pane, right-click the firewall rule, and then click Load.
- OR -
•Expand
Basic IP Firewall, select any user or group specified in the firewall rule, and then click
Load on the toolbar.
- OR -
•Right-click Basic IP Firewall, and then click Manage. In the right pane of the Basic IP Firewall dialog box, under Rules, click Load.
4. In the Open dialog box that appear, locate and select the file you want to import, and then click Open.
If firewall rules are already defined and you choose to import new firewall rules, the following message is displayed: “Do you want to overwrite existing records (Yes - Overwrite, No - Append)?”. In the message box, click Yes to overwrite the existing firewall rules. Click No to append new firewall rules to the existing firewall rules.