Cisco Systems OL-4015-08 First Column (Rule Entry Area), Source

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Cisco Router and Security Device Manager Version 2.2 User’s Guide
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Chapter24 ACL Editor
Rules Windows
Access rules can be either standard rules or extended rules. IPSec rules have to
extended rules because they must be able to specify a service type. Externally
defined and unsupported rules may be either standard or extended.
Description
A description of the rule, if one has been entered.
First Column (Rule Entry Area)
Action
The action to take when a packet matching the criteria in this entry arrives on the
interface. Either Permit or Deny:
•Permit—Allow traffic matching the criteria in this row.
•Deny—Do not allow traffic matching the criteria in this row.
Click Meanings of the Permit and Deny Keywords to learn more about the action
of permit and the action of deny in the context of a specific type of rule.
Source
The source IP address criteria that the traffic must match. This column may
contain:
•An IP address and wildcard mask. The IP address specifies a network, and the
wildcard mask specifies how much of the rule’s IP address the IP address in
the packet must match.
•The keyword any. Any indicates that the source IP address can be any IP
address
•A host name.
Permit traffic.
Deny traffic.