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Aurora
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8.7.3.
Firewall Rules
This page is the firewall traffic rules table. The table includes all the firewall rules on the
router.
If you are using the Aurora with XGate (or other RedPort certified email service)
for email and web compression, there is no need to modify this page.
If you have a specific need, you can Add, Edit and Delete firewall rules.
By default, the router is shipped to you with seven rules that all say DO NOT MODIFY.
They are: BLOCK WAN, ALL, PASS DNS, DNS, HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.
The BLOCK WAN rule is designed to prevent you from locking yourself out of the router
as you perform your initial configuration. See Chapter 7.1.
The remaining rules, when Enabled, Allow that particular traffic to pass through the
firewall.
All the firewall rules can easily be enabled (checked) or disabled (unchecked).
The rule name "ALL", when enabled, means the firewall istotally open and all traffic
straight through the firewall. To disable the rule, uncheck it, scroll to the bottom of the
page and hit <Save & Apply>. With the ALL rule disabled, the remaining rules spring into
action, if enabled.
Rules are evaluated from top to bottom. As soon as traffic hits a rule that matches, it will
stop.
For example, if you want to allow all traffic except http traffic:
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Disable (uncheck) the first rule "ALL-DO NOT MODIFY". This forces the remaining
"enabled" rules to take precedent.
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