Basic firewall help

From: Desmond (pd_otoole_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/30/05 

Date: 30 Jun 2005 07:48:43 -0700

I am new to this firewall stuff. AOL tell you when you install AOL
that you can download firewall from there site. What they fail to tell
you is that it will block you connecting to the internet. They then
tell you that idt is not there problem contact the supplier of the
firewall.

Therefore can anyone tell me how to punch a hole in the firewall to let
apps in and apps out. Maybe a flag setting that tells you that xyx.exe
wants acces through the firewall.

Any Ideas? I am trying out Norton firewall

Desmond.

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