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Figure 74 Firewall: Rule Summary

Table 55 Rule Summary

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Firewall Rules

This read-only bar shows how much of the Prestige's memory for recording firewall

Storage Space

rules it is currently using. The bar turns from green to red when the maximum is

in Use

being approached. When the bar is red, you should consider deleting unnecessary

 

firewall rules before adding more firewall rules.

Packet Direction

Use the drop-down list box to select a direction of travel of packets for which you

 

want to configure firewall rules.

Default Policy

This field displays the default action and log policy you selected in the Default Rule

 

screen for the packet direction shown in the field above.

 

The following read-only fields summarize the rules you have created that apply to

 

traffic traveling in the selected packet direction. The firewall rules that you configure

 

(summarized below) take priority over the general firewall action settings above.

Rule

This is your firewall rule number. The ordering of your rules is important as rules are

 

applied in turn.

 

Click a rule’s number to go to the Firewall Edit Rule screen to configure or edit a

 

firewall rule.

Active

This field displays whether a firewall is turned on (Y) or not (N).

 

 

Source IP

This drop-down list box displays the source addresses or ranges of addresses to

 

which this firewall rule applies. Please note that a blank source or destination

 

address is equivalent to Any.

Destination IP

This drop-down list box displays the destination addresses or ranges of addresses

 

to which this firewall rule applies. Please note that a blank source or destination

 

address is equivalent to Any.

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