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Table 69 Rule Summary

LABEL DESCRIPTION

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.

#	This is your firewall rule number. The ordering of your rules is important as rules are
	applied in turn. Click + to expand or - to collapse the Source Address, Destination
	Address and Service Type drop down lists.
Name	This is the name of the firewall rule.
Active	This field displays whether a firewall is turned on (Y) or not (N).
Source Address	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	This drop-down list box displays the destination addresses or ranges of addresses to
Address	which this firewall rule applies. Please note that a blank source or destination
	address is equivalent to Any.
Service Type	This drop-down list box displays the services to which this firewall rule applies. See
	Table 75 on page 229 for more information.
Action	This field displays whether the firewall silently discards packets (Drop), discards
	packets and sends an ICMP destination-unreachable message to the sender
	(Reject) or allow the passage of packets (Permit).
Sch.	This field tells you whether a schedule is specified (Yes) or not (No).
Log	This field shows you whether a log is created when packets match this rule (Yes) or
	not (No).
Modify	Click the edit icon to go to the screen where you can edit the rule.
	Click the delete icon to delete an existing firewall rule. A window display asking you
	to confirm that you want to delete the firewall rule. Note that subsequent firewall
	rules move up by one when you take this action.
Insert	Type the index number for where you want to put a rule. For example, if you type 6,
	your new rule becomes number 6 and the previous rule 6 (if there is one) becomes
	rule 7.
	Click Insert to display this screen and refer to the following table for information on
	the fields.
Move	Type a rule’s index number and the number for where you want to put that rule. Click
	Move to move the rule to the number that you typed. The ordering of your rules is
	important as they are applied in order of their numbering.

11.8.1 Firewall Edit Rule

Follow these directions to create a new rule.

1In the Rule Summary screen, type the index number for where you want to put the rule. For example, if you type 6, your new rule becomes number 6 and the previous rule 6 (if there is one) becomes rule 7.

2Click Insert to display the Firewall Edit Rule screen and refer to the following table for information on the labels.

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