Chapter 24 Firewall

Click Security > Firewall > Services. The screen appears as shown next. Figure 121 Security > Firewall > Services l

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 76 Security > Firewall > Services

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

ICMP

 

Internet Control Message Protocol is a message control and error-reporting

 

 

protocol between a host server and a gateway to the Internet. ICMP uses

 

 

Internet Protocol (IP) datagrams, but the messages are processed by the TCP/IP

 

 

software and directly apparent to the application user.

 

 

 

Respond to Ping

 

The NBG4615 will not respond to any incoming Ping requests when Disable is

on

 

selected. Select WAN to reply to incoming WAN Ping requests.

 

 

 

Apply

 

Click Apply to save the settings.

 

 

 

Enable Firewall Rule

 

 

 

Enable Firewall

 

Select this check box to activate the firewall rules that you define (see Add
Rule

 

Firewall Rule below).

 

 

 

Apply

 

Click Apply to save the settings.

 

 

 

Add Firewall Rule

 

 

 

Service Name

 

Enter a name that identifies or describes the firewall rule.

 

 

 

Dest IP Address

 

Enter the IP address of the computer to which traffic for the application or

 

 

service is entering.

 

 

The NBG4615 applies the firewall rule to traffic initiating from this computer.

 

 

 

Source IP Address

 

Enter the IP address of the computer that initializes traffic for the application or

 

 

service.

 

 

The NBG4615 applies the firewall rule to traffic initiating from this computer.

 

 

 

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