Removing offline firewall rules
To facilitate deployment of DeviceLock policies using Group Policy or DeviceLock Service settings files (.dls), DeviceLock provides the ability to block the inheritance of higher-level offline firewall rules and enforce regular firewall rules on specific lower-level groups of client computers. To enforce regular firewall rules, offline firewall rules must be removed.
To remove offline firewall rules
1. 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, right-click Basic IP Firewall, and then click Remove Offline.
The offline state of the IP Firewall changes to “Use Regular.”
When you select Basic IP Firewall in the console tree, in the details pane the following message is displayed: “Offline Basic IP Firewall is configured to use Regular Basic IP Firewall.”
The “Use Regular” state of DeviceLock Service settings is displayed as “Not Configured” in DeviceLock Management Console.