Learning mode
Excubia's learning mode: for a few days apps without a rule connect without alerts, then a review creates one rule for each app.
The first days with a firewall bring a lot of alerts. Learning mode holds them back: for a while, apps without a rule connect without asking, Excubia remembers them, and at the end you decide for all of them in one go.
Starting it
In the Overview, in the Learning mode box, choose the duration and press Start:
- 1 day
- 3 days (default)
- 7 days
- Until I stop it
Learning works only in Ask mode: in other modes the box says so and collects no apps. While it runs, the box and the menu bar panel show how long it lasts and how many apps it has seen. Your existing rules still apply.
Reviewing
At the end, Learning finished appears, with Review… and Discard; you can also stop it early with Stop and review…. In the review, for each app choose Allow, Skip or Block. It starts at Allow, or at Skip for apps that already have rules (tag Has rules). Allow all and Skip all change every row; Create N rules confirms.
Each app gets a rule to any destination, one per direction seen. In the log, connections let through during learning have the reason Learning.