Advanced Features

Incoming Rules (Inbound Services)

This screen is displayed when the "Add" or "Edit" button for Incoming Rules is clicked.

Figure 36: Inbound Services Screen

Data - Incoming Rules Screen

Inbound Services

Service

Select the desired Service. This determines which packets are covered by

 

this rule. If necessary, you can define a new Service on the "Services"

 

screen, by defining the protocols and port numbers used by the Service.

 

 

Action

Select the desired action for packets covered by this rule:

 

ALLOW always

 

• ALLOW by schedule, otherwise Block

 

BLOCK always

 

• BLOCK by schedule, otherwise Allow

Note:

Any inbound traffic which is not allowed by rules you create will be blocked by the Default rule.

BLOCK rules are only useful if the traffic is already covered by an ALLOW rule. (That is, you wish to block a sub-set of traffic which is currently allowed by another rule.)

To define the Schedule used in these selections, use the "Schedule" screen.

Send to

Select the PC or Server on your LAN which will receive the inbound

LAN Server

traffic covered by this rule.

 

 

WAN Users

These settings determine which packets are covered by the rule, based

 

on their source (WAN) IP address. Select the desired option:

 

Any - All IP addresses are covered by this rule.

 

Single address - Enter the required address in the "Single/Start"

 

fields.

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Address range - If this option is selected, you must enter the

 

desired values in the "Single/Start" and "Finish" fields to determine

 

the address range.

Log

This determines whether packets covered by this rule are logged. Select

 

the desired action.

 

Always - always log traffic considered by this rule, whether it

 

matches or not. (This is useful when debugging your rules.)

 

Never - never log traffic considered by this rule, whether it matches

 

or not.

 

Match - Log traffic only it matches this rule. (The action is deter-

 

mined by this rule.)

 

Not Match - Log traffic which is considered by this rule, but does

 

not match (The action is NOT determined by this rule.)

Outgoing Rules (Outbound Services)

This screen is displayed when the "Add" or "Edit" button for Outgoing Rules is clicked.

Figure 37: Outbound Services Screen

Data - Outbound Rules Screen

Outbound Services

Service

Select the desired Service or application to be covered by this rule. If the

 

desired service or application does not appear in the list, you must define

 

it using the "Services" menu option

Action

Select the desired action for packets covered by this rule:

 

BLOCK always

 

• BLOCK by schedule, otherwise Allow

 

ALLOW always

 

 

 

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BRM504 specifications

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