Prestige 2602HW Series Quick Start Guide

 

 

 

Table 7 Rule Summary

 

 

 

 

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service

This drop-down list box displays the services to which this firewall

 

 

 

rule applies. Please note that a blank service type is equivalent to

 

 

 

Any. See the User’s Guide for more information.

 

 

Action

This is the specified action for that rule, either Block or Forward.

 

 

 

Note that Block means the firewall silently discards the packet.

 

 

Schedule

This field tells you whether a schedule is specified (Yes) or not (No).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Log

This field shows you whether a log is created when packets match

 

 

 

this rule (Enabled) or not (Disable).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alert

This field tells you whether this rule generates an alert (Yes) or not

 

 

 

(No) when the rule is matched.

 

 

Insert/Append

Type the index number for where you want to put a rule. For

 

 

 

example, if you type “6”, your new rule becomes number 6 and the

 

 

 

previous rule 6 (if there is one) becomes rule 7.

 

 

 

Click Insert to add a new firewall rule before the specified index

 

 

 

number.

 

 

 

Click Append to add a new firewall rule after the specified index

 

 

 

number.

 

 

Move

Type a rule’s index number and the number for where you want to

 

 

 

put that rule. Click Move to move the rule to the number that you

 

 

 

typed. The ordering of your rules is important as they are applied in

 

 

 

order of their numbering.

 

 

 

 

 

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