User's Manual

Creating Rules
114 Check Point Safe@Office User Guide
Rule Description
Allow This rule type enables you to do the following:
• Permit outgoing access from your internal
network to a specific service on the Internet.
Note: You can allow outgoing connections for
services that are not permitted by the default
security policy.
• Permit incoming access from the Internet to a
specific service in your internal network.
Note: You cannot use an Allow rule to permit incoming
traffic, if the network or VPN uses Hide NAT. However,
you can use Allow rules for static NAT IP addresses.
• You can only define Allow rules in Safe@Office
110 and 225.
Block This rule type enables you to do the following:
• Block outgoing access from your internal network
to a specific service on the Internet
• Block incoming access from the Internet to a
specific service in your internal network
To add or edit a rule
1. Click Security in the main menu, and click the Rules tab.