摘要 |
A method and apparatus for regulating access to a computer via a computer network is provided, in which a local computer has an application program, a proxy program, and a firewall program. The proxy program monitors the communication between the application program and the computer network, and is able to detect when the application program requires a remote computer to initiate a new connection to the local computer. Upon detecting such a need, the proxy program changes the settings of the firewall program so that the remote computer is able to establish the new connection.
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