Figure 12-4 Firewall Rule Directions

12.4.1LAN-to-WAN rules

LAN-to-WANrules are local network to Internet firewall rules. The default is to forward all traffic from your local network to the Internet.

How can you block certain LAN to WAN traffic?

You may choose to block certain LAN-to-WANtraffic services displayed in the Blocked Services list box are services originating from the LAN.

in the Services screen (click the Services tab). All LAN-to-WANfirewall rules that block those

Blocked LAN-to-WANpackets are considered alerts. Alerts are “higher priority logs” that include system errors, attacks and attempted access to blocked web sites. Alerts appear in red in the Log View screen. You may choose to have alerts e-mailed immediately in the Log Settings screen.

LAN-to-LAN/Prestige means the LAN to the Prestige LAN interface. This is always allowed, as this is how you manage the Prestige from your local computer.

12.4.2 WAN-to-LAN rules

WAN-to-LANrules are Internet to your local network firewall rules. The default is to block all traffic from the Internet to your local network.

How can you forward certain WAN to LAN traffic? You may allow traffic originating from the WAN to be forwarded to the LAN by:

Configuring NAT port forwarding rules in the web configurator SUA Server screen or SMT NAT menus.

Configuring One-to-Oneand Many-One-to-OneNAT mapping rules in the web configurator Address Mapping screen or SMT NAT menus.

Configuring WAN or LAN & WAN access for services in the Remote Management screens or SMT menus. When you allow remote management from the WAN, you are actually configuring WAN-to-WAN/Prestige firewall rules. WAN-to-WAN/Prestige firewall rules are Internet to the Prestige WAN interface firewall rules. The default is to block all such traffic. When you decide

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