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Note that by default, Eset firewall rules are global in scope depending on which of the three default profiles are active Public, Home or office, or use Windows setting. I suggest you experiment with your own custom configurations since you seem somewhat knowledgeable in this area. "set up a Public network for VPN network connection (adapter), and block everything through the Firewall sent on Home and Office networks". If problems with traffic occur, a user can always export Eset configuration, and revert Firewall settings to Default. One may need to enable Firewall Interactive or Learning mode to teach it how to handle traffic, and advanced logging to create or edit rules using log files.
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Some trial and error testing may be required, and one must account for Eset rules evaluation priority, which may change between Eset software versions. In both above approaches or their combination, a user can add extra rules for certain applications or processes within Firewall Zones or Profiles, which traffic should be blocked, passed via VPN tunnel, or outside it thus enabling split tunneling. Assign VPN traffic to a new Secure Zone in Firewall Advanced Setup, and add user preferred VPN server remote IP addresses to it Ģ. Set Allow Any Traffic rule in Firewall Advanced Rules for Trusted Zone to allow LAN traffic ģ. Set Allow or Deny Any Traffic rules in Firewall Advanced Rules inside and outside the new Secure Zone. Set Allow or Deny Any Traffic rules in Firewall Advanced Rules depending on a chosen Firewall Profile.Īnother approach is to use Eset Firewall Zones:ġ.
Assign different Eset Firewall Profiles to various network connections (adapters) ģ. View current network connections in Network Protection-Connected Networks Ģ.
For example, a user can take advantage of Eset Firewall Profiles:ġ. There seems to be several ways for a user to implement it in Eset Firewall settings. "set up a Public network for VPN network connection (adapter), and block everything through the Firewall sent on Home and Office networks". The task is more suited for advanced Eset users.
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Here's the suggestion I found on How to ensure VPN Only traffic: It is outside the scope of the Eset firewall to provide these features or such like capability . So why Eset staff persistently refuses to explain in Help, and also on the forum any user questions about VPN and Eset Firewall configuration? What do you offer this forum for, if such popular topics are ignored? The forum is not only for bug reports, but mostly on how to use and improve Eset products, including Eset Firewall and Network & Internet Protection features. However, Eset Firewall not only complies with Windows Firewall rules, but also offers its own set of controls. Its obvious from it, instead of passing just one app traffic, a user can configure to pass "ALL Programs" traffic only through VPN. This How to use only VPN Connection guide explains how to configure a Windows Firewall to pass a certain app traffic only through VPN. When it comes to Home market, Eset staff simply ignores regular customer requests to provide any help on using VPN clients with Eset, despite burgeoning grows of consumer VPN market.Ĭonfiguring Eset to work with a 3rd party VPN client should not be that hard. At the same time Eset management recognized that their customers do use VPN, and offered extensive VPN support for its commercial Secure Authentication ( ESA) product.
Eset position for some time was "we won't offer VPN".
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