ZyWALL 2 Series User’s Guide
Step 4. Enter a descriptive name or comment in the Edit Comments field and press [ENTER].
Step 5. Press [ENTER] at the message [Press ENTER to confirm] to open Menu 21.1.1 - Filter Rules Summary.
This screen shows the summary of the existing rules in the filter set. The following tables contain a brief description of the abbreviations used in the previous menus.
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FIELD | DESCRIPTION |
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# | The filter rule number: 1 to 6. |
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A | Active: “Y” means the rule is active. “N” means the rule is inactive. |
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Type | The type of filter rule: “GEN” for Generic, “IP” for TCP/IP. |
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Filter | These parameters are displayed here. |
Rules |
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M | More. |
| “Y” means there are more rules to check which form a rule chain with the present rule. An |
| action cannot be taken until the rule chain is complete. |
| “N” means there are no more rules to check. You can specify an action to be taken i.e., |
| forward the packet, drop the packet or check the next rule. For the latter, the next rule is |
| independent of the rule just checked. |
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m | Action Matched. |
| “F” means to forward the packet immediately and skip checking the remaining rules. |
| “D” means to drop the packet. |
| “N“ means to check the next rule. |
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n | Action Not Matched. |
| “F” means to forward the packet immediately and skip checking the remaining rules. |
| “D” means to drop the packet. |
| “N” means to check the next rule. |
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The protocol dependent filter rules abbreviation are listed as follows:
Filter Configuration |