McAfee SG310 Administration Manual page 156

Firewall menu options
Definitions
From the Firewall menu, click Definitions > Addresses tab. The Addresses page opens. Predefined
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addresses are displayed.
Select Single Address or Range from the Type list.
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Click New. The Address Range page appears.
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Enter Admin-PC in the Name field.
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Enter 192.168.0.1 in the IP Address field. If your administrative PC for the appliance has a different IP
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address, use that in place of the default given for this example.
Click Finish.
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Creating a DNS Hostname
Caution: DNS hostnames are not generally recommended for enforcing security policies. They are unreliable and
can cause significant delays in updating the firewall rules.
From the Firewall menu, click Definitions > Addresses tab. The Addresses page appears.
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Select DNS Hostname from the Type list.
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Click New. The Hostname page appears
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Figure 160 Hostname page
Enter a fully-qualified host name in the Hostname field.
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Click Finish.
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Example: Adding a DNS hostname
From the Firewall menu, click Definitions > Addresses tab. The Addresses page appears.
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Select DNS Hostname from the Type list.
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Click New. The Hostname page appears.
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Enter www.myhostname.com in the Hostname field, where myhostname is the host you want to
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designate.
Click Finish.
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Creating an Address Group
Group previously added addresses together to simplify your firewall ruleset.
From the Firewall menu, click Definitions > Addresses tab. The Addresses page appears.
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Select Address Group from the Type list.
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Click New. The Address Group page appears
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