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Connection Security Rule Properties Page: General Tab

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Updated: January 20, 2009

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2

This tab has general information about the rule, including its name, a description, and whether the rule is enabled.

Name

Each rule must have a unique name. Do not use the name “all” because that name conflicts with the all keyword used by the Netsh command-line tool.

Description

We recommend that you provide a comprehensive description for your connection security rule. Include logical names of affected computers because the rule properties contain IP addresses only.

Enabled

Select this option to activate the rule. If you clear this option, then the rule is disabled, but not deleted.