Outbound SYN and Excluding VM from PFsense

[bmcguire007]

First of all let me start by saying pfsense if brilliant.

It has taken months to get right but now it is secure and blocking all nasties.

2 things I need advise on.

1. Can pfsense manage to restrict outbound SYN Flooding
2. How do we go about excluding a particular VM and IP from the firewall and pfblocker rules ?

Thank you for a wonderful product!!!