ZyXEL Communications P-312 manual Filter Rules Summary Menu, Abbreviations Description Display

P312 Broadband Security Gateway

7.2.1 Filter Rules Summary Menu

This screen shows the summary of the existing rules in the filter set. The following tables contain a brief description of the abbreviations used in the previous menus.

Table 7-1 Abbreviations Used in the Filter Rules Summary Menu

Abbreviations	Description	Display
#	Refers to the filter rule number (1-6).
A	Shows whether the rule is active or not.	[Y] means the filter rule is active.
		[N] means the filter rule is inactive.
Type	Refers to the type of filter rule.	[GEN] for Generic
	This shows GEN for generic, IP for	[IP] for TCP/IP
	TCP/IP
Filter Rules	The filter rule parameters will be
	displayed here (see below).
M	Refers to More. More in a set behaves	[Y] means there are more rules to check.
	like a logical AND i.e., the set is only	[N] means there are no more rules to check.
	matched if ALL rules in it are matched.
	[Y] means an action can not yet be taken
	as there are more rules to check, which
	are concatenated with the present rule
	to form a rule chain. When the rule chain
	is complete an action can be taken.
	[N] means you can now specify an action
	to be taken i.e., forward the packet, drop
	the packet or check the next rule. For the
	latter, the next rule is independent of the
	rule just checked.
	If More is Yes, then Action Matched and
	Action Not Matched will be N/A
m	Refers to Action Matched.	[F] means to forward the packet.
	[F] means to forward the packet	[D] means to drop the packet.
	immediately and skip checking the	[N] means check the next rule.
	remaining rules.
n	Refers to Action Not Matched.	[F] means to forward the packet.
	[F] means to forward the packet	[D] means to drop the packet.
	immediately and skip checking the	[N] means check the next rule.
	remaining rules.

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