SnapGear 2.0.1 User Manual

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Service groups

Click the Service Groups tab. Any addresses that have already been defined will be
displayed. Click New to add a new service groups, or select an existing address and
click Modify.

Adding or modifying a service group is shown in the following figure:

Figure 6-5

A service group can be used to group together similar services. For example, you can
create a group of services that you wish to allow, and then use a single rule to allow them
all at once. Select the services from the list of predefined services, or enter the port
number to define a custom TCP or UDP service. It is permissible for a service to belong
to multiple service groups.

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