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Figure 113 Firewall Rules: Add/Edit
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 56 Firewall Rules: Add/Edit
LABEL
Enable
Logging
Name
Description (Optional)
Order
Direction
IP Type
Select Source Device
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DESCRIPTION
Select this to turn on the firewall rule.
Select this to have the SBG log when it performs the firewall rule's selected action on
the traffic traveling between the two zones.
Enter a descriptive name of up to 16 alphanumeric characters, not including
spaces.
You must enter the filter name to add a firewall rule.
Enter a description to help you identify the purpose of the firewall rule.
Select an existing number for where you want to put this firewall rule to move the
firewall rule to the number you selected after clicking OK. Ordering your rules is
important because the SBG applies the rules in the order that you specify.
Use the From and To define the direction of travel of packets to which to apply this
firewall rule. Select from which zone the packets come in and to which zone they
are destined. For example, From LAN To WAN means packets traveling from a
computer or subnet on the LAN zone to the WAN zone.
From Any means traffic coming from the WAN, LAN, WLAN, DMZ, and EXTRA zones
(but not the ROUTER zone).
To Any (excl. Router) means traffic going to the WAN, LAN, WLAN, DMZ, and EXTRA
zones (but not the ROUTER zone).
EXTRA is a local zone to use as needed depending on your network topology.
To ROUTER applies to traffic that destined for the SBG. Use this to control which
computers can manage the SBG.
Select the type of IP you want to apply this firewall rule (IPv4 or IPv6).
Select the source device to which the firewall rule applies. If you select Specific
Address IP, enter the source IP address in the field below.
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