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. | |
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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
•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. |
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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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