The Firewall Rules Screen - ZyXEL Communications P870HNU-51B User Manual

The following table describes the labels in this screen.
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LABEL
Active
Name
Interface
Direction
Default Action
Back
Apply

9.3 The Firewall Rules Screen

Note: The ordering of your rules is very important as rules are applied in turn.
Click Security > Firewall > Rules to bring up the following screen. This screen displays a list of
the configured incoming or outgoing firewall rules. Note the order in which the rules are listed.
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DESCRIPTION
Select this check box to enable the rule.
Enter a descriptive name of up to 16 printable English keyboard characters.
Select All to apply the policy to all interfaces on the Device or select the
specific LAN or WAN interface to which this policy applies.
Specify the direction of travel of packets (incoming or outgoing) in this
policy.
Specify whether the firewall silently discards packets (Drop) or allows the
passage of packets (Permit).
Click Back to return to the previous screen.
Click Apply to save your customized settings and exit this screen.
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