Chapter 11 Firewall
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11.1.1 Add/Edit Interface Default Policy Screen
Use this screen to edit existing firewall
filter
s or create new ones. Click the
edit
icon next to an
existing firewall
filter
or click the
Add
button in the
General
screen.
Figure 56
Firewall > General: Add/Edit
Table 47
Firewall > General: Add/Edit
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Name
Enter a descriptive name for this firewall filter.
IPVersion
Select the IP version for this firewall filter.
Packet Direction
Select the direction of traffic which applies to this firewall filter.
Default Action
Select the default action that the firewall is to take on packets that are traveling in the
selected direction and do not match any of the firewall filters.
Select
Permit
to allow the passage of the packets.
Select
Drop
to silently discard the packets without sending a TCP reset packet or an
ICMP destination-unreachable message to the sender.
11.2 Rules Screen
The
Rules
screen displays a list of the configured firewall rules. Note the order in which the rules
are listed. Click
Security > Firewall > Rules
.
