Add/Edit An Acl Rule - ZyXEL Communications EX5501-B0 User Manual

Figure 131 Security > Firewall > Access Control
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 83 Security > Firewall > Access Control
LABEL
Add New ACL
Rule
#
Name
Src IP
Dst IP
Service
Action
Modify

17.4.1 Add/Edit an ACL Rule

Click Add new ACL rule or the Edit icon next to an existing ACL rule in the Access Control screen. The
following screen displays. Use this screen to accept, reject, or drop packets based on specified
parameters, such as source and destination IP address, IP Type, service, and direction. You can also
specify a limit as to how many packets this rule applies to at a certain period of time or specify a
schedule for this rule.
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DESCRIPTION
Click this to add a filter rule for incoming or outgoing IP traffic.
This is the index number of the entry.
This displays the name of the rule.
This displays the source IP addresses to which this rule applies. Please note that a blank source
address is equivalent to Any.
This displays the destination IP addresses to which this rule applies. Please note that a blank
destination address is equivalent to Any.
This displays the transport layer protocol that defines the service and the direction of traffic to
which this rule applies.
This field displays whether the rule 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 (ACCEPT).
Click the Edit icon to edit the rule.
Click the Delete icon to delete an existing rule. Note that subsequent rules move up by one
when you take this action.
Click the Move To icon to change the order of the rule. Enter the number in the # field.
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