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Chapter 11 Firewall

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11.9.1 Firewall Edit Rule

Follow these directions to create a new rule.

1 In 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.

2 Click Insert to display the Firewall Edit Rule screen.

Use this screen to create or edit a firewall rule. Refer to the following table for information on
the labels.
See

Section 11.1 on page 201

for more information about the firewall.

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

Address

This drop-down list box displays the destination addresses or ranges of addresses

to 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

Appendix F on page 671

for a list of common services.

Action

This field displays whether the firewall silently discards packets (Drop), discards

packets and sends a TCP reset packet or an ICMP destination-unreachable

message to the sender (Reject) or allows 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.

Table 71 SECURITY > FIREWALL > Rule Summary

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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