ZyXEL Communications Internet Security Gateway ZyWALL 100, User Manual

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ZyWALL Series Internet Security Gateway
Firewall Screens 12-9
Table 12-2 Firewall Summary
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Packet Direction Use the drop-down list box to select a direction of travel of packets ( LAN to
LAN/ZyWALL , LAN to WAN , LAN to DMZ , WAN to WAN/ZyWALL , WAN to LAN ,
WAN to DMZ, DMZ to DMZ/ZyWALL , DMZ to LAN or DMZ to WAN ) for which you
want to configure firewall rules.
Block/
Forward Use the option buttons to select whether to Block (silently discard) or Forward
(allow the passage of) packets that are traveling in the selected direction.
Log Select the check box to create a log (when the above action is taken) for packets
that are traveling in the selected direction and do not match any of the rules below.
The following read-only fields summarize the rules you have created that apply to traffic traveling in the
selected packet direction. The firewall rules that you configure (summarized below) take priority over the
general firewall action settings above.
Index This is your firewall rule number. The ordering of your rules is important as rules are
applied in turn. The
Move field below allows you to reorder your rules.
Status This field displays whether a firewall is turned on ( Active ) or not ( Inactive ). Rules
that have not been configured display Empty .
Source Address This drop-down list box displays the source addresses or ranges of addresses to
which this firewall rule applies. Please note that a blank source or destination
address is equivalent to
Any .
Destination
Address This drop-down list box displays the destination addresses or ranges of addresses to
which this firewall rule applies. Please note that a blank source or destination
address is equivalent to
Any .
Service Type This drop-down list box displays the services to which this firewall rule applies.
Please note that a blank service type is equivalent to
Any . See Table 12-7 for more
information.
Action This is the specified action for that rule, either Block or Forward . Note that Block
means the firewall silently discards the packet.
BW This field shows the maximum bandwidth (in kilobits per second) that the ZyWALL
allocates to the traffic that matches this firewall rule. This field displays
N/A if the rule
does not have bandwidth management enabled.
Log This field shows you if a log is created for packets that match the rule ( Match ), don't
match the rule ( Not Match ), both ( Both ) or no log is created ( None ).
Alert This field tells you whether this rule generates an alert ( Yes ) or not ( No ) when the
rule is matched.