
10.1 ACL Overview
This section describes the basic concept of ACLs.
An ACL is composed of a list of rules. Each rule contains a permit or deny clause. These rules
are defined to use information in packets to classify the packets. After these rules are applied to
the AR1200-S, the AR1200-S determines which packets to receive and reject.
ACLs can be applied to some services and functions on the AR1200-S, for example, the routing
policy, traffic classifier, firewall, and IPSec.
NOTE
An ACL is only a set of rules and cannot filter packets directly. The ACL can identify packets of a certain type
and the packets of this type are processed by the function that references the ACL.
10.2 ACL Features Supported by the AR1200-S
ACLs Supported by the AR1200-S
The AR1200-S supports different types of ACLs, as shown in
.
Table 10-1
Classification of ACLs
Classification
Rule
Type
Function
Description
Information
defined in an
ACL
Basic
ACL
A basic ACL matches
packets based on
information such as source
IP addresses, fragment
flags, and time ranges.
The number of a basic ACL
ranges from 2000 to 2999.
Advanced
ACL
An advanced ACL
matches packets based on
information such as source
and destination IP
addresses, source and
destination port numbers,
packet priorities, and time
ranges.
The number of an advanced
ACL ranges from 3000 to
3999.
Layer 2
ACL
A Layer 2 ACL matches
packets based on Layer 2
information in packets,
such as source and
destination MAC
addresses, and Layer 2
protocol types.
The number of a Layer 2 ACL
ranges from 4000 to 4999.
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