Chapter 11 Packet Filter

Figure 103 Security > Packet Filter > Edit (Protocol Filter) > Edit Rule

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 63 Security > Packet Filter > Edit (Protocol Filter) > Edit Rule

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select the check box to enable the filter rule.

 

 

Protocol

Select ICMP, TCP or UDP for the upper layer protocol.

 

 

IP Source Route

Select the check box to apply the filter rule to packets with an IP source route

 

option. The majority of IP packets do not have source route.

 

 

Destination

Enter the destination IP address of the packet you wish to filter. This field is ignored

Address

if it is 0.0.0.0.

 

 

Destination

Enter the IP subnet mask for the destination IP address.

Subnet Netmask

 

 

 

Destination Port

Enter the destination port of the packets that you wish to filter. The range of this

 

field is 0 to 65535. This field is ignored if it is 0.

 

 

Port Compare

Select the comparison to apply to the destination port in the packet against the

 

value given in the Destination Port field.

 

Options are None, Equal, Not Equal, Less and Greater.

 

 

Source Address

Enter the source IP address of the packet you wish to filter. This field is ignored if it

 

is 0.0.0.0.

 

 

Source Subnet

Enter the IP subnet mask for the source IP address

Netmask

 

 

 

Source Port

Enter the source port of the packets that you wish to filter. The range of this field is

 

0 to 65535. This field is ignored if it is 0.

 

 

Port Compare

Select the comparison to apply to the source port in the packet against the value

 

given in the Source Port field.

 

Options are None, Equal, Not Equal, Less and Greater.

 

 

TCP Estab

This field is only available when you select TCP in the Protocol field.

 

Select Yes to have the rule match packets that want to establish a TCP connection.

 

This field is ignored if you select No.

 

 

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