Title: Firewall setup
Last modified: November 11, 2016

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# Firewall setup

 *  Resolved [Jan Zeman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janzeman/)
 * (@janzeman)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-setup/)
 * Hello,
 * I tried to setup the Wordfence Firewall and the plugin encoured me to contact
   you here in the forum, so I am doing that…
 * I am not sure how to continue, resp. what the consequences of my actions could
   be. Not being web expert I was able to set up the whole site myself but being
   asked whether I am familiar with “C:\PHP56-FastCGI\init.php” I must say I never
   met that file in my life 😉
 * That file must be sitting on my provider’s Windows server, shared by many hosted
   web application, mine one of them. As indicating it is Windows/IIS setup.
 * The “Override this value” option sounds danger so I tend to click “Include this
   file (Recommended)” button but I can nowhere see any exact explanation why, what
   and whether there is any risk involved. Why is there even the “Override this 
   value” button? Does it mean override anything in the shared “C:\PHP56-FastCGI\
   init.php” file? That would not probably allowed by my provider and could be danger
   for X other hosted apps. So I understand it the way that “Include this file (
   Recommended)” option means only change in ‘my space’, ‘my sandbox’.
 * **In short: Should I press the blue button now???**
 * Thank you in advance.
 * Best regards
    Jan

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 *  [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/)
 * (@wfalaa)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-setup/#post-8438617)
 * Hi Jan,
    Everything should be okay by clicking the recommended option “Include
   this file”, the firewall setup will include this file for you which should maintain
   your site’s current functionality.
 * I suggest getting in contact with your web host before choosing “Override this
   value” if you decided doing that for any reason, they should be able to let you
   know the consequences of doing this, but for now, you can just click on “Include
   this file” button.
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [Jan Zeman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janzeman/)
 * (@janzeman)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-setup/#post-8438705)
 * Hello,
 * thanks a lot for your reply. OK, I will go for this option. To be honest I still
   do not see the motivation why I should experiment with “override this value”.
 * “Include this file” will quite definitely not have any possible impact on other
   webs – that is for sure. On my web… Can anything go wrong? Could it slow down
   its response times? Recently I had problems with performance so I am very careful
   here. In general after I click the button, is there any option how to revert 
   such a move? I am 99% sure all will be fine but just to be close to 100%… 😉
 * Best regards
    Jan
 *  [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/)
 * (@wfalaa)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-setup/#post-8438887)
 * No, there should not be any noticeable performance degradation due to choosing
   this option, and yes, there is an option to manually disable the “[Extended Protection](https://docs.wordfence.com/en/Web_Application_Firewall_FAQ#How_can_I_remove_the_firewall_setup_manually.3F)”
   on the firewall page.
 * Only in case you no longer want to prepend this “init.php” any more, you can 
   choose “override this value”, that’s why I suggested contacting your web host
   before doing this.
 * Thanks.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by [wfalaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfalaa/).
 *  Thread Starter [Jan Zeman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janzeman/)
 * (@janzeman)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-setup/#post-8438919)
 * I see, perfect. Thank you very much again!!!

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 * Last reply from: [Jan Zeman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janzeman/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-setup/#post-8438919)
 * Status: resolved