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Chapter 9 Firewall Screens
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9.4.1 Firewall Edit Rule
In the Rule Summary screen, click the edit icon or the insert icon to display the Firewall Edit
Rule screen.
Use this screen to create or edit a firewall rule. Refer to the following table for information on
the labels.
# This is your firewall rule number. The ordering of your rules is important as rules are
applied in turn. Click + to expand or - to collapse the Source Address, Destination
Address and Service Type drop down lists.
Name This is the name of the firewall rule.
Active This field displays whether a firewall is turned on (Y) or not (N).
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. See
Appendix D on page 613 for a list of common services.
Action This field displays whether the firewall silently discards packets (Drop), discards
packets and sends a TCP reset packet or an ICMP destination-unreachable
message to the sender (Reject) or allows the passage of packets (Permit).
Sch. This field tells you whether a schedule is specified (Yes) or not (No).
Log This field shows you whether a log is created when packets match this rule (Yes) or
not (No).
Modify Click the edit icon to go to the screen where you can edit the rule.
Click the delete icon to delete an existing firewall rule. A window display asking you
to confirm that you want to delete the firewall rule. Note that subsequent firewall
rules move up by one when you take this action.
Table 70 SECURITY > FIREWALL > Rule Summary
LABEL DESCRIPTION