Barracuda Networks VERSION SP4 manual Net Objects, 11Network Objects window

3.5Net Objects

The Net Objects tab facilitates IP address/network management. Use this tab for the following purposes:

•Assigning of names to single IP addresses

•Combining multiple IPs/networks/references into networking objects

For a clearly arranged network management rather make use of referencing Network Objects than explicit IPs when configuring firewall rule sets.

Fig. 3–11Network Objects window

In the Net Objects tab, a number of dynamic network objects (flagged with the icon) are preconfigured.

Dynamic objects are updated at runtime when network configuration changes and cannot be edited manually. For dy- namic update to work, Automatic Adapter Assignment must be selected in the Firewall Settings (9.4.1 Firewall Menu, page 91).

•localIP

Contains all IPs that are configured on trusted adapters, and a reference to the Net-Broad- cast object.

•virtualIP

Contains the IP address assigned from the VPN server. The virtual IP is only available in case of established VPN connections.

•Net-[Network Connection name]

These network objects contain the network addresses of each specific adapter available on the system. The Network Connection name is retrieved from the Microsoft Windows Net- work Connections view (available through Start > Control > Network Connections).

The "logical" Microsoft Windows name, which depends on the operating system’s language version and not the device name, is applicable for object naming.

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