Chapter 20 Firewall
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20.5.1 Add New ACL Rule
Click Add new ACL rule or the Edit icon next to an existing ACL rule in the Access Control screen. The
following screen displays. Use this screen to accept, reject, or drop packets based on specified
parameters, such as source and destination IP address, IP Type, service, and direction. You can also
specify a limit as to how many packets this rule applies to at a certain period of time or specify a
schedule for this rule.
Figure 198 Security > Firewall > Access Control > Add New ACL Rule
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 113 Security > Firewall > Access Control > Add New ACL Rule
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Active Click this switch to enable this ACL rule.
Filter Name Enter a descriptive name for your filter rule. You can use up to 16 printable characters
except [ " ], [ ` ], [ ' ], [ < ], [ > ], [ ^ ], [ $ ], [ | ], [ & ], or [ ; ]. Spaces are allowed.
Order Assign the order of your rules as rules are applied in turn.
Select Source IP
Address
If you want the source to come from a particular (single) IP, select Specific IP Address. If
not, select from a detected device.