Chapter 15 Firewall

Figure 88 Security > Firewall > Rules > Add

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 67 Security > Firewall > Rules > Add

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this option to enable this firewall rule.

 

 

Action for Matched

Use the drop-down list box to select whether to discard (Drop), deny and send an

Packets

ICMP destination-unreachable message to the sender of (Reject) or allow the

 

passage of (Permit) packets that match this rule.

 

 

IP Version Type

Select the IP version, IPv4 or IPv6, to apply this firewall rule to.

 

 

Rate Limit

Set a maximum number of packets per second, minute, or hour to limit the

 

throughput of traffic that matches this rule.

 

 

Maximum Burst

Set the maximum number of packets that can be sent at the peak rate.

Number

 

 

 

Log

This field determines if a log for packets that match the rule is created or not.

 

 

Rules/Destination Address

 

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