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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 50 FVS338
Table 7-1. Inbound Services
Item Description
Services Select the desired Service or application to be covered by this rule. If the desired
service or application does not appear in the list, you must define it using the
Services menu (see
Action Select the desired action for packets covered by this rule:
• BLOCK always
• BLOCK by schedule, otherwise Allow
• ALLOW always
• ALLOW by schedule, otherwise Block
Note: Any inbound traffic which is not allowed by rules you create will be blocked by
the Default rule.
Select Schedule Select the desired time schedule (i.e., Schedule1, Schedule2, or Schedule3) that will
be used by this rule.
• This drop down menu gets activated only when "BLOCK by schedule, otherwise
• Use schedule page to configure the time schedules.
LAN users These settings determine which computers on your network are affected by this rule,
based on their IP address. Select the desired IP Address in this field.
WAN Users These settings determine which Internet locations are covered by the rule, based on
their IP address. Select the desired option:
• Any - All Internet IP address are covered by this rule.
• Single address - Enter the required address in the start fields.
• Address range - If this option is selected, you must enter the start and finish fields.
Destination Address These settings determine the destination IP address for this rule which will be
applicable to incoming traffic, this rule will be applied only when the destination IP
address of the incoming packet matches the IP address of the WAN interface
selected or Specific IP address entered in this field.Selecting ANY enables the rule
for any IP in destination field.similarly WAN1 and WAN2 corresponds to respective
wan interfaces.
QoS Priority This setting determines the priority of a service, which in turn, determines the quality
of that service for the traffic passing through the firewall. By default, the priority
shown is that of the selected service. The user can change it accordingly. If the user
does not make a selection (i.e, leaves it as None), then the native priority of the
service will be applied to the policy. +5 is the highest priority. See
(QoS) Priorities" on page
Log This determines whether packets covered by this rule are logged. Select the desired
action:
• Always - always log traffic considered by this rule, whether it matches or not. This is
• Never - never log traffic considered by this rule, whether it matches or not.
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"Customized Services" on page
Allow" or "ALLOW by schedule, otherwise Block" is selected as Action.
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useful when debugging your rules.
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Firewall Protection and Content Filtering
"Quality of Service