Figure 89 firewall rules, Table 61 firewall rules – ZyXEL Communications P-2802H(W)(L)-I Series User Manual

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Click Security > Firewall > Rules to bring up the following screen. This screen displays a list
of the configured firewall rules. Note the order in which the rules are listed.

Figure 89 Firewall Rules

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 61 Firewall Rules

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Firewall Rules

Storage Space

in Use

This read-only bar shows how much of the ZyXEL Device's memory for recording

firewall rules it is currently using. When you are using 80% or less of the storage

space, the bar is green. When the amount of space used is over 80%, the bar is red.

Packet

Direction

Use the drop-down list box to select a direction of travel of packets for which you

want to configure firewall rules.

Create a new

rule after rule

number

Select an index number and click Add to add a new firewall rule after the selected

index number. For example, if you select “6”, your new rule becomes number 7 and

the previous rule 7 (if there is one) becomes rule 8.

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 in the

General screen.

#

This is your firewall rule number. The ordering of your rules is important as rules are

applied in turn.

Active

This field displays whether a firewall is turned on or not. Select the check box to

enable the rule. Clear the check box to disable the rule.

Source IP

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 IP

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

This drop-down list box displays the services to which this firewall rule applies. See

Appendix E on page 373

for more information.

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).

Schedule

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).

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