Firewall; Applying A Filter And Factory Defaults; Lan Traffic; Figure 7-15 Protocol And Device Filter Sets - ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL 10 User Manual

packets and after NAT for incoming packets. On the other hand, the generic, or device filters are applied to
the raw packets that appear on the wire. They are applied at the point when the ZyWALL is receiving and
sending the packets; i.e. the interface. The interface can be an Ethernet port or any other hardware port. The
following diagram illustrates this.
7.5

Firewall

Firewall configuration is discussed in Part 4 of this manual. Further comparisons are also made there
between filtering, NAT and the firewall.
7.6

Applying a Filter and Factory Defaults

This section shows you where to apply the filter(s) after you design it (them). Sets of factory default filter
rules have been configured in Menu 21 to prevent NetBIOS traffic from triggering calls, and block
incoming telnet, FTP and HTTP connections.
If you do not activate the firewall, it is advisable to apply these default filters as

7.6.1 LAN traffic

LAN traffic filter sets may be useful to block certain packets, reduce traffic and prevent security breaches.
Go to Menu 3.1 (shown next) and enter the number(s) of the filter set(s) that you want to apply as
appropriate. You can choose up to four filter sets (from twelve) by entering their numbers separated by
commas, e.g., 3, 4, 6, 11. Input filter sets filter incoming traffic to the ZyWALL and Output filter sets filter
outgoing traffic from the ZyWALL. The factory default set, NetBIOS_LAN, can be inserted in protocol
filters –field under Input Filter Sets in Menu 3.1 to block NetBIOS traffic to the ZyWALL from the LAN.
Filters

Figure 7-15 Protocol and Device Filter Sets

shown next.
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