Chapter 10 Firewall

Table 30 Security > Firewall > Access Control (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Policy

This field displays whether the rule silently discards packets (DROP), discards packets

 

and sends a TCP reset packet or an ICMP destination-unreachable message to the sender

 

(REJECT) or allows the passage of packets (PERMIT).

 

 

Modify

Click the Edit icon to edit the rule.

 

Click the Delete icon to delete an existing rule. Note that subsequent rules move up by

 

one when you take this action.

 

 

10.4.1 The Add New ACL Rule/Edit Screen

Click Add New ACL Rule or the Edit icon next to an existing ACL rule in the Access Control screen. The following screen displays.

Figure 42 Security > Firewall > Access Control > Add New ACL Rule/Edit

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 31 Security > Firewall > Access Control > Add New ACL Rule/Edit

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Filter Name

Enter a descriptive name of up to 16 alphanumeric characters, not including spaces,

 

underscores, and dashes.

 

You must enter the filter name to add an ACL rule. This field is read-only if you are editing

 

the ACL rule.

 

 

Source Address

Select Single or Range depending on whether you want to enter a single or a range of

Type

source IP address(es) to which the ACL rule applies. Select Any to indicate any source IP

 

address.

 

 

Source IP Address

Enter an IP address or the starting IP address of the source IP range.

Start

 

 

 

Source IP Address

Enter the ending IP address of the source IP range.

End

 

 

 

Destination

Select Single or Range depending on whether you want to enter a single or a range of

Address Type

destination IP address(es) to which the ACL rule applies. Select Any to indicate any

 

destination IP address.

 

 

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