Novell Documentation: Novell BorderManager 3.8

System Tray Icon

The NCF icon in the Windows task bar system tray looks like this:

This icon is one of the primary ways you can access NCF's many controls, settings, and logs. This icon changes along with each of NCF's major modes. Therefore, you can see which mode is being used to protect your system at any time by checking the icon.

The following table lists the icons and the modes they represent.

Table 1. Icon Modes

Icon	Mode	Description
	Stop All	All network connections are blocked.
	Block Most	All network connections are blocked except those you explicitly allowed.
	Rules Wizard	Determines how an application will interact with the network the first time each application is run.
	Allow Most	All network connections are allowed except those you explicitly blocked.
	Disable	All network connections are allowed.

These modes are covered in detail in Selecting a Policy.

Right-click the NCF system tray icon to display its context-sensitive menu, which contains the following options:

Show Novell Client Firewall ---Displays the NCF main window.
Policy ---Opens a submenu where you can change the NCF policy to Disable mode, Allow Most mode, Rules Wizard mode, Block Most mode, or Stop All mode.
Options ---Displays the Options dialog box.
Always on Top---When selected, keeps the current window on top of all other windows.
About ---Shows the current version of NCF and lists all modules in the package and their individual versions.
Exit ---Closes the NCF GUI but leaves the firewall running in memory, blocking connections and banners.
Exit and Shutdown Novell Client Firewall ---Closes the GUI and disables the firewall. This means NCF is no longer protecting your system.