Personal Firewall Filtering modes

In ESET Smart Security, the personal firewall supports 5 modes of filtering traffic. The level of user interaction and behavior of the firewall changes based on the selected mode.

1.Automatic mode - This is the default mode and is suitable if you do not need to define rules. The automatic mode allows all outbound traffic for the given system and blocks all new connections initiated from the network side.
2.Automatic mode with exceptions (user-defined rules) - Enables you to add custom rules.
3.Interactive mode - Allows custom configurations. When a communication is detected without a corresponding rule, a dialog window displays with the option to allow or deny the communication. You also has the option to create a new rule to always allow or deny all similar communications in the future.
4.Policy-based mode - Blocks all connections that are not defined by a specific rule to allows them. This mode allows advanced users to define rules that permit only desired and secure connections.
5.Learning mode - Automatically creates and saves rules and is suitable for initial configuration of the Personal firewall. No user interaction is required, because ESET Smart Security saves rules according to predefined parameters. The Learning mode is not secure, and should only used until all rules for required communications have been created.