Firewall configuration Virtual IPs
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To add a schedule to a policy
1Go to Firewall > Policy.
2Create a new policy or edit a policy to change its schedule.
3Configure the policy as required.
4Add a schedule by selecting it from the Schedule list.
5Select OK to save the policy.
6Arrange the policy in the policy list to have the effect that you expect.
For example, to use a one-time schedule to deny access to a policy, add a policy that
matches the policy to be denied in every way. Choose the one-time schedule that you
added and set Action to DENY. Then place the policy containing the one-time
schedule in the policy list above the policy to be denied.
Virtual IPs
Use virtual IPs to access IP addresses on a destination network that are hidden from
the source network by NAT security policies. To allow connections between these
networks, you must create a mapping between an address on the source network and
the real address on the destination network. This mapping is called a virtual IP.
For example, if the computer hosting your web server is located on your internal
network, it might have a private IP address such as 192.168.1.34. To get packets from
the Internet to the web server, you must have an external address for the web server
on the Internet. You must then add a virtual IP to the firewall that maps the external IP
address of the web server to the actual address of the web server on the internal
network. To allow connections from the Internet to the web server, you must then add
an Ext->Int firewall policy and set Destination to the virtual IP.
You can create two types of virtual IPs:
This section describes:
•Adding static NAT virtual IPs
•Adding port forwarding virtual IPs
•Adding policies with virtual IPs
Static NAT Used to translate an address on a source network to a hidden address on a
destination network. Static NAT translates the source address of return
packets to the address on the source network.
Port Forwarding Used to translate an address and a port number on a source network to a
hidden address and, optionally, a different port number on a destination
network. Using port forwarding you can also route packets with a specific
port number and a destination address that matches the IP address of the
interface that receives the packets. This technique is called port forwarding
or port address translation (PAT). You can also use port forwarding to
change the destination port of the forwarded packets.