Table 56 firewall: edit rule – ZyXEL Communications P-2602R-DxA Series User Manual

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P-2602R/RL-DxA Series User’s Guide

Chapter 13 Firewall Configuration

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 56 Firewall: Edit Rule

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this option to enable this firewall rule.

Action for Matched

Packet

Use the drop-down list box to select what the firewall is to do with packets that

match this rule.
Select Drop to silently discard the packets without sending a TCP reset packet

or an ICMP destination-unreachable message to the sender.
Select Reject to deny the packets and send a TCP reset packet (for a TCP

packet) or an ICMP destination-unreachable message (for a UDP packet) to the

sender.
Select Permit to allow the passage of the packets.

Source/Destination

Address

Address Type

Do you want your rule to apply to packets with a particular (single) IP, a range of

IP addresses (e.g., 192.168.1.10 to 192.169.1.50), a subnet or any IP address?

Select an option from the drop-down list box that includes: Single Address,

Range Address, Subnet Address and Any

Address.

Start IP Address

Enter the single IP address or the starting IP address in a range here.

End IP Address

Enter the ending IP address in a range here.

Subnet Mask

Enter the subnet mask here, if applicable.

Add >>

Click Add >> to add a new address to the Source or Destination Address box.

You can add multiple addresses, ranges of addresses, and/or subnets.

Edit <<

To edit an existing source or destination address, select it from the box and click

Edit <<.

Delete

Highlight an existing source or destination address from the Source or

Destination Address box above and click Delete to remove it.

Services

Available/ Selected

Services

Please see

Appendix 28 on page 293

for more information on services available.

Highlight a service from the Available Services box on the left, then click Add

>> to add it to the Selected Services box on the right. To remove a service,

highlight it in the Selected Services box on the right, then click Remove.

Edit Customized

Service

Click the Edit Customized Services link to bring up the screen that you use to

configure a new custom service that is not in the predefined list of services.

Schedule

Day to Apply Select everyday or the day(s) of the week to apply the rule.

Time of Day to

Apply (24-Hour

Format)

Select All Day or enter the start and end times in the hour-minute format to apply

the rule.

Log

Log Packet Detail

Information

This field determines if a log for packets that match the rule is created or not. Go

to the Log Settings page and select the Access Control logs category to have

the ZyXEL Device record these logs.

Alert

Send Alert Message

to Administrator

When Matched

Select the check box to have the ZyXEL Device generate an alert when the rule

is matched.

Back

Click Back to return to the previous screen.

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