Chapter 3: Using the Web Interface
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Inbound rules control the data sent to the PDU.
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Outbound rules control the data sent from the PDU.
4.
Determine the IPv4 default policy.
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Accept: Accepts traffic from all IPv4 addresses.
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Drop: Discards traffic from all IPv4 addresses, without sending any failure notification to the source host.
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Reject: Discards traffic from all IPv4 addresses, and an ICMP message is sent to the source host for failure
notification.
5.
Create rules. See the tables for different operations.
ADD a rule to the end of the list
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Click Append.
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Type an IP address and subnet mask in the IP/Mask field.
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Select an option in the Policy field.
Accept: Accepts traffic from/to the specified IP address(es).
Drop: Discards traffic from/to the specified IP address(es), without sending any failure notification to the source or
destination host.
Reject: Discards traffic from/to the specified IP address(es), and an ICMP message is sent to the source or
destination host for failure notification.
INSERT a rule between two rules
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Select the rule above which you want to insert a new rule. For example, to insert a rule between rules #3 and #4, select
#4.
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Click Insert Above.
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Type an IP address and subnet mask in the IP/Mask field.
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Select Accept, Drop or Reject in the Policy field. See the above for their descriptions.
The system automatically numbers the rule.
6.
When finished, the rules are listed.
a.
Use the
and
buttons to arrange the order of the rules.
b.
Click
to delete a created rule.
7.
Click Save.
8.
The rules are applied.
