User Guide

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4. Use the drop-down menus to select the Action, Connection Status and Rule State.
5. Click Apply.
For each rule, an action (either ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT or LOG ) must be selected from the
Policy drop-down menu. The selected action is performed on an IP packet that matches all the
criteria specified in the rule.
If LOG is selected from the drop-down menu, it will create entries in syslog about the traffic
matching this rule without performing a specific ACCEPT, REJECT or DROPaction. In order to log
and ACCEPTor log and REJECT/DROP a second rule must follow the log rule with the same traffic
pattern and the desired ACCEPT, REJECT, DROPaction. The administrator can configure a log
level, a log prefix and whether the TCP sequence, TCP options and IP options are logged in the
Log Options Section.
If REJECT is selected from the drop-down menu, an administrator can select an option from the
Reject with pull-down menu; the packet is dropped and a reply packet of the selected type is sent.
To modify or delete a Firewall Policy:
1. From the sidebar, click Firewall and NAT, then click the Policy Tab.
2. Under the User Defined Firewall Policies heading, check the box next to the policy you want to
edit or delete.
3. Make your changes and click Apply.
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Click Delete to delete the policy.