Netopia 4000-Series manual Working with IP Filters and Filter Sets, An approach to using filters

10-26 Firmware User Guide

An approach to using filters

The ultimate goal of network security is to prevent unauthorized access to the network without compromising authorized access. Using filter sets is part of reaching that goal.

Each filter set you design will be based on one of the following approaches:

■That which is not expressly prohibited is permitted.

■That which is not expressly permitted is prohibited.

It is strongly recommended that you take the latter, and safer, approach to all of your filter set designs.

Working with IP Filters and Filter Sets

This section covers IP filters and filter sets.

Main	System
Menu	Configuration

Filter Sets

To work with filters and filter sets, begin by accessing the filter set screens.

Note: Make sure you understand how filters work before attempting to use them. Read the section “About Filters and Filter Sets,” beginning on page 10-18.

Filter Sets

Add Filter Set...

Display/Change Filter Set...

Delete Filter Set...

The procedure for creating and maintaining filter sets is as follows:

1.Add a new filter set.

2.Create the filters for the new filter set.