With CIS v4 my p2p client (uTorrent, e Mule...) is not working properly anymore

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[EricJH]

The default Global Rules changed from being alerted for incoming traffic on a per case basis to a general block of all incoming traffic (default Stealth).

There are two solutions to this situation:

• Restore the old way by using the Stealth Ports Wizard (Firewall --> Common Tasks) and choosing "Alert me to incoming connections - stealth my ports on a per-case basis" --> Finish (see first image)
  
  You will now be alerted again when there is incoming traffic for the program.
  
  
• Try the new way and open the needed ports in Global Rules following:

  To open the port 1723 TCP and UDP for example
  
  First step is to determine the MAC or Physical address of you network connector. Go to Start --> Run --> cmd --> enter --> a black box will show up and enter the following --> ipconfig /all  (notice the space before /all) --> enter --> now look up the Physical address and write it down.
  
  Notice that Physical address = MAC address
  
  Firewall --> Advanced --> Network Security policy --> Global Rules --> Add --> fill in the following:
  Action: Allow
  Protocol: TCP or UDP
  Direction: In
  Description: Open ports for p2p program
  
  Source address: Any
  Destination Address: Choose MAC address and fill in the found MAC/Physical address
  Source Port: Any
  Destination Port: 1723           (see image 2)
  
  Then push Apply --> Now make sure that the new rule is somewhere above the basic block rule(s) as the bottom (the block rules have red icons); you can drag and drop the rules --> Ok (see image 3).
  
  

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