Firewall
Packet filtering
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a. On the menu, click
System
. Under
Configuration
, click
Device Configuration
.
The
Configuration
window is displayed.
3. Click
Firewall
>
Packet filtering
.
n
To create a new packet filtering rule, for
Add packet filter
, click
.
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To edit the default packet filtering rule or another existing packet filtering rule, click to
expand the rule.
The packet filtering rule configuration window is displayed.
Packet filters are enabled by default. To disable, toggle off
Enable
.
4. (Optional) Type a
Label
that will be used to identify the rule.
5. For
Action
, select one of:
n
Accept
: Allows matching network connections.
n
Reject
: Blocks matching network connections, and sends an ICMP error if appropriate.
n
Drop
: Blocks matching network connections, and does not send a reply.
6. Select the
IP version
.
7. Select the
Protocol
.
8. For
Source zone
, select the firewall zone that will be monitored by this rule for incoming
connections from network interfaces that are a member of this zone.
See
for more information about firewall zones.
9. For
Destination zone
, select the firewall zone. Packets destined for network interfaces that are
members of this zone will either be accepted, rejected or dropped by this rule.
