Endpoint Protection firewall rules that are imported through the command line are lost after rebooting.

Products

• Endpoint Protection

Issue/Introduction

When using Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) as an unmanaged or a managed client in Client Control Mode or Mixed Control Mode, user based firewall rules that are imported with the 'smc -importadvrule' command are lost aftering rebooting the computer. 

Environment

Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
Windows 10
Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2 are not affected. 

Resolution

This issue is fixed in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) 14.3 RU1. For information on how to obtain the latest build of Symantec Endpoint Protection, see Download the latest version of Symantec software.

Additional Information

ESCRT-3098