User's Manual

Chapter 12 Firewall 87
12.1.1 Add/Edit Interface Default Policy Screen
Use this screen to edit existing firewall filters or create new ones. Click the edit icon next to an
existing firewall
filter or click the Add button in the General screen.
Figure 61
Firewall > General: Add/Edit
Table 52 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
select
ed direction and do not match any of the firewall filters.
Select Permit
to allow the passage of the packets.
Select Dr
op to silently discard the packets without sending a TCP reset packet or an
ICMP destination-unreachable message to the sender.
12.2 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.