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Figure 52 Firewall: Rule Summary

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 38 Rule Summary

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Firewall Rules

This read-only bar shows how much of the Prestige's memory for recording firewall

Storage Space

rules it is currently using. When you are using 80% or less of the storage space, the

in Use

bar is green. When the amount of space used is over 80%, the bar is red.

Packet Direction

Use the drop-down list box to select a direction of travel of packets for which you

 

want to configure firewall rules.

Default Policy

This field displays the default action and log policy you selected in the Default Rule

 

screen for the packet direction shown in the field above.

 

The following read-only fields summarize the rules you have created that apply to

 

traffic traveling in the selected packet direction. The firewall rules that you configure

 

(summarized below) take priority over the general firewall action settings above.

Rule

This is your firewall rule number. The ordering of your rules is important as rules are

 

applied in turn.

 

Click a rule’s number to go to the Firewall Edit Rule screen to configure or edit a

 

firewall rule.

Active

This field displays whether a firewall is turned on (Y) or not (N).

 

 

Source IP

This drop-down list box displays the source addresses or ranges of addresses to

 

which this firewall rule applies. Please note that a blank source or destination

 

address is equivalent to Any.

Destination IP

This drop-down list box displays the destination addresses or ranges of addresses to

 

which this firewall rule applies. Please note that a blank source or destination

 

address is equivalent to Any.

Service

This drop-down list box displays the services to which this firewall rule applies.

 

Please note that a blank service type is equivalent to Any. See Section 11.10 on

 

page 146 for more information.

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