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Table 6 Firewall: Default Policy
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Packet
Direction
This is the direction of travel of packets (
LAN to LAN/Router
,
LAN to
WAN
,
WAN to WAN/Route
and
WAN to LAN
).
Firewall rules are grouped based on the direction of travel of packets
to which they apply. For example,
LAN to LAN/Router
means
packets traveling from a computer/subnet on the LAN to either
another computer/subnet on the LAN interface of the Prestige or the
Prestige itself.
Default
Action
Use the radio buttons to select whether to
Block
(silently discard) or
Forward
(allow the passage of) packets that are traveling in the
selected direction.
Log
Select the check box to create a log (when the above action is taken)
for packets that are traveling in the selected direction and do not
match any of the rules below.
Back
Click
Back
to return to the previous screen.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the Prestige.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to begin configuring this screen afresh.
6.8 Procedure for Configuring Firewall Rules
The ordering of your rules is very important as rules are applied
in turn.
Click on
Firewall
, then
Rule Summary
to bring up the following screen. This screen is
a summary of the existing rules. Note the order in which the rules are listed.
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Figure 22 Rule Summary
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 7 Rule Summary
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Firewall Rules
Storage Space
in Use
This read-only bar shows how much of the Prestige's memory for
recording firewall rules it is currently using. When you are using 80%
or less of the storage space, the bar is green. When the amount of
space used is over 80%, the bar is red.
Packet
Direction
Use the drop-down list box to select a direction of travel of packets
(
LAN to LAN/Router
,
LAN to WAN
,
WAN to WAN/Router
or
WAN
to LAN
) for which you want to configure firewall rules.
Default Policy
This field displays the default action and log policy you selected in the
Default Rule
screen for the packet direction shown in the field above.
The following read-only fields summarize the rules you have created that apply to traffic
traveling in the selected packet direction. The firewall rules that you configure
(summarized below) take priority over the general firewall action settings above.
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Table 7 Rule Summary
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Rule
This is your firewall rule number. The ordering of your rules is
important as rules are applied in turn.
Click a rule’s number to go to the
Firewall Edit Rule
screen to
configure or edit a firewall rule.
Active
This field displays whether a firewall is turned on (
Y
) or not (
N
).
Source IP
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 IP
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
This drop-down list box displays the services to which this firewall
rule applies. Please note that a blank service type is equivalent to
Any
. See the
User’s Guide
for more information.
Action
This is the specified action for that rule, either
Block
or
Forward
.
Note that
Block
means the firewall silently discards the packet.
Schedule
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 (
Enabled
) or not (
Disable
).
Alert
This field tells you whether this rule generates an alert (
Yes
) or not
(
No
) when the rule is matched.
Insert/Append
Type the index number for where you want to put a rule. For
example, if you type “6”, your new rule becomes number 6 and the
previous rule 6 (if there is one) becomes rule 7.
Click
Insert
to add a new firewall rule before the specified index
number.
Click
Append
to add a new firewall rule after the specified index
number.
Move
Type a rule’s index number and the number for where you want to
put that rule. Click
Move
to move the rule to the number that you
typed. The ordering of your rules is important as they are applied in
order of their numbering.
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Table 7 Rule Summary
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Back
Click
Back
to return to the previous screen.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the Prestige.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Follow these directions to create a new rule.
1.
In the
Rule Summary
screen, type the index number for where you want to put the
rule. For example, if you type “6”, your new rule becomes number 6 and the
previous rule 6 (if there is one) becomes rule 7.
2.
Click
Insert
to display this screen and refer to the following table for information on
the labels.
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Figure 23 Creating/Editing A Firewall Rule

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