FW rule created from alerts swapped Source/Destination IP[V6]

Hello all-

I am a long time user of Comodo Internet Security and Comodo Antivirus (3+ years). I was quick to jump on the CIS 2013 bandwagon because I am historically a huge fan of Comodo’s products. However, in this new version of CIS 2013, I am continually experiencing an obvious and annoying issue.

Product Version: 6.0.264710.2708
DB Version: 15259
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Firewall Settings: Custom Ruleset

Problem:
My global rules are set up to explicitly block certain types of obscure, unnecessary traffic. There are no global allow rules. Therefore, more or less, the only notifications I get are ones that inform me any traffic that is not presently allowed in an application rule. This same scenario applies to svchost.exe which prompts me to accept/deny any inbound RDP activity. However, there is a major problem with the notification system and subsequent rule creation process when I tell CIS to remember the rule.

Example:
I just this second received an inbound RDP request from an unwanted/suspicious IP address of: 60.214.139.74. The alert popped up, as it should, and I selected to deny the activity along with having CIS create a rule for this activity/remember to block it. Immediately after doing this, another window of the exact information pops up even though I just told CIS to remember the denial. I noticed this process would occur for every single denial/acceptance of svchost.exe activity so I decided to research it more.

Findings:
For every denial/acceptance done via popup alert, the corresponding rule that is created is not accurate. When I investigated the rule created by denying the previous RDP inbound attempt, I expected to find, more or less, block TCP 3389 inbound from source address 60.214.139.74. What I actually found was it created a rule to block TCP 3389 inbound where the destination address is 60.214.139.74. This makes absolutely no sense. However, it does explain why even after telling CIS to remember a rule, several subsequent popup alerts still show up. It is because there technically is no rule that says to deny that activity since it swaps the source/destination. Obviously, since learning of this glitch I have manually re-created all of the rules that I assumed were being done automatically. This glitch is new to CIS 2013 as I never had a problem with previous versions while doing this dozens of times every day.

I appreciate any guidance or suggestions. I’ve attached a screenshot of the application rule that is created for svchost.exe after telling CIS to remember to block the activity in the popup alert I was discussing. I have re-installed CIS, updated it frequently, wiped the current rule set, among many other troubleshooting activities. I work in IT and networking so please feel free to ask me for additional information and/or talk nerdy in your response. Thank you! :smiley:

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Unfortunately we were unable to replicate

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Can you please check and see if this is fixed with the newest version (version 6.2.282872.2847)? Please let us know whether it is fixed or you are still experiencing the problem.

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Can you please check and see if this is fixed with the newest version (version 6.3.294583.2937)? Please let us know whether it is fixed or you are still experiencing the problem.

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Can you please check and see if this is fixed with the newest version (7.0.313494.4115)? Please respond to this topic letting us know whether it is fixed or if you are still experiencing the problem.

Also, note that all bug reports in the Non-Format section of the forum, which is where this report currently is, are mainly not looked at by the devs. Thus, if the bug you were experiencing is still not fixed please edit your first post so that it is in the correct format (found here, with all required attachments), so I can forward this to the devs and get this problem fixed.

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As this has been in the Non Format Verified Board for at least three major version releases, without enough information to forward to the devs, I will move this report to the Outdated section.

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