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Chapter 5: Administration Site
158 Cobalt Qube 3 User Manual
Changing the order of rules in a chain
To re-order the firewall rules in a chain:
1. Select Administration > Network Services > Basic Firewall. The Firewall
Settings table appears.
2. From the Select Section pull-down menu, select Input Rule Chain, Forward
Rule Chain, or Output Rule Chain. The rules table for that chain appears.
The first column in the table displays the order in which the system applies
the firewall rules. Number 1 is the top-priority rule. For a sample chain of
rules, see Figure 75.
3. To change the position of a rule in the hierarchy, simply enter the number of
of the position that you want the rule to occupy in the small window in the
first column.
For example, let us say that a table holds five rules. If you want to move the
rule at position 4 to position 2, enter “2” in the window for the rule at
position 4.
4. Click Save. The rules within this chain are sorted according to the values you
entered into the Order column and the table refreshes with the re-numbered
rules.
Using the same example, the rule at position 4 now occupies position 2; the
rule at position 2 shifts down to position 3 and the rule at position 3 shifts
down to position 4. The rule at position 5 does not shift.
5. If you have finished changing the order of the rules and your firewall is
currently enabled, click Apply Changes Now so that your changes take
effect in the firewall currently functioning.
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Note: You can change the position of more than one rule at a time.