SMC Networks SMC7204BRA manual Managing the Black List, ID assigned to the rule

Configuring Firewall Settings

Managing the Black List

If data packets are received that violate the firewall settings or any of the IP filter rules, then the source IP address of the offending packets can be blocked from such accesses for a specified period of time. You can enable or disable use of the black list using the settings described above. The source computer remains on the black list for the period of time that you specify.

To view the list of currently blacklisted computers, click [Black List] at the bottom of the [Firewall Configuration] page. The [Firewall Blacklisted Hosts] page appears, as shown in Figure 46.

Figure 46. Firewall Blacklisted Hosts Page

The table displays the following information for each entry.

Field	Description
Host IP Address	This is the IP address of the computer that sent the
	packet(s) that caused the violation
Reason	This is a short description of the type of violation. If the
	packet violated an IP filter rule, the custom text from the
	[Log Tag] field will display. (See Creating IP Filter Rules
	on page 138.)
IPF Rule ID	If the packet violated an IP filter rule, this field will display
	the ID assigned to the rule.
Action(s)	This field displays an icon ( ) you can click on to delete
	the entry from the list, if you want it to be removed prior to
	its automatic timed expiration.

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