Editing Policies; Ordering Policies In Policy Lists - D-Link DFL-500 User Manual

Editing policies

To edit a policy:
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Go to Firewall > Policy .
· Select the tab for the policy list containing the policy to edit.
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Choose the policy to edit and select Edit
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Edit the policy settings as required.
You can change any of the policy settings.
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Select OK to save your changes.

Ordering policies in policy lists

The DFL-500 matches policies by searching for a match starting at the top of the policy list and moving down
until it finds the first match. You must arrange policies in the policy list from more specific to more general.
For example, the default policy is a very general policy because it matches all connection attempts. To create
exceptions to this policy, they must be added to the policy list above the default policy. No policy below the
default policy will ever be matched.
Policy matching in detail
When the DFL-500 receives a connection attempt at an interface, it must match the connection attempt to a
policy in either the Int to Ext or Ext to Int policy list. The DFL-500 starts at the top of the policy list for the
interface that received the connection attempt and searches down the list for the first policy that matches the
connection attempt source and destination addresses, service port, and time and date at which the
connection attempt was received. The first policy that matches is applied to the connection attempt. If no
policy matches, the connection is dropped.
The default policy accepts all connection attempts from the internal network to the Internet. From the internal
network, users can browse the web, use POP3 to get email, use FTP to download files through the DFL-500
and so on. If the default policy is at the top of the Int to Ext policy list, the firewall allows all connections from
the internal network to the Internet because all connections match the default policy.
A policy that is an exception to the default policy (for example, a policy to block FTP connections), must be
placed above the default policy in the Int to Ext policy list. Then, all FTP connection attempts from the internal
network would match the FTP policy and be blocked. Connection attempts for all other kinds of services
would not match with the FTP policy but they would match with the default policy. So the firewall would still
accept all other connections from the internal network.
Changing the order of policies in a policy list
To rearrange policies:
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Go to Firewall > Policy .
· Select the tab for the policy list that you want to rearrange.
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Choose a policy to move and select Move To
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Type a number in the Move to field to specify where in the policy list to move the policy and select OK.
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Select Delete to remove a policy from the list.
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