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Table 97 Menu 21.1.5.1 Generic Filter Rule (continued)

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Log

Select the logging option from the following:

 

None – No packets will be logged.

 

Action Matched – Only matching packets and rules will be logged.

 

Action Not Matched – Only packets that do not match the rule parameters will be

 

logged.

 

Both – All packets will be logged.

Action

Select the action for a matching packet. Choices are Check Next Rule, Forward or

Matched

Drop.

Action Not

Select the action for a packet not matching the rule. Choices are Check Next Rule,

Matched

Forward or Drop.

When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt “Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:” to save your configuration, or press [ESC] at any time to cancel.

29.5 Filter Types and NAT

There are two classes of filter rules, Generic Filter Device rules and Protocol Filter (TCP/IP) rules. Generic Filter rules act on the raw data from/to LAN and WAN. Protocol Filter rules act on IP packets.

When NAT (Network Address Translation) is enabled, the inside IP address and port number are replaced on a connection-by-connection basis, which makes it impossible to know the exact address and port on the wire. Therefore, the Prestige applies the protocol filters to the “native” IP address and port number before NAT for outgoing packets and after NAT for incoming packets. On the other hand, the generic (or device) filters are applied to the raw packets that appear on the wire. They are applied at the point where the Prestige is receiving and sending the packets; for instance, the interface. The interface can be an Ethernet, or any other hardware port. The following figure illustrates this.

Figure 173 Protocol and Device Filter Sets

29.6 Example Filter

Let’s look at an example to block outside users from telnetting into the Prestige.

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