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Firewall Address
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Address list
You can add addresses to the list and edit existing addresses. The FortiGate unit
comes configured with the default ‘All’ address which represents any IP address on
the network.
Figure 84: Sample address list
The address list has the following icons and features.
Address options
Add an address representing an IP address and subnet mask or an IP address range.
Figure 85: Address options
Address has the following options:
An IP/Mask address can represent:
• The address of a subnet (for example, for a class C subnet,
IP address: 192.168.20.0 and Netmask: 255.255.255.0).
• A single IP address (for example, IP Address: 192.168.20.1 and
Netmask: 255.255.255.255)
• All possible IP addresses (represented by IP Address: 0.0.0.0 and Netmask:
0.0.0.0)
Create New Select Create New to add a firewall address.
Name The name of the firewall address.
Address The IP address and mask or IP address range of the firewall.
The Delete and Edit/View icons.
Address Name Enter a name to identify the firewall address. Addresses, address groups,
and virtual IPs must all have unique names to avoid confusion in firewall
policies.
Type Select the type of address. Each type reveals the corresponding fields to
configure.
IP Range/Subnet Enter the firewall IP address, forward slash, and subnet mask or enter an IP
address range separated by a hyphen