Adding Rule in Advanced Mode
To get to this page, click the Add Rule icon on the Input Chain, Output Chain, or Forward Chain pages. On this page you can elaborate your own specific rule. Below are the basics of the advanced mode rules adding:
- the Name field is marked because this field is an obligatory one;
- select one of three policies: Accept, Drop or Reject;
- select one of two protocols for package transmission - Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), defined by IETF RFC793 or User Datagram Protocol (UDP), defined by IETF RFC768.
- Source Address and Netmask, Source Port or Port Range, Destination Address and Netmask and Destination Port or Port Range fields are left to your own discretion, but in case of an error there is a pink stripe over the field that has to be corrected;
- the standard format for Source/Destination Address and Netmask field is 1.2.3.4/255.255.23.4;
- the standard Port range format is 80-123;
- to enable a rule, select the Enable check box;
- if you are creating this rule for future purposes, clear this box;
- to include the rule into one of three chains, select Input, Output, or Forward on the drop-down menu;
- on the The rule's position in the chain drop-down menu you are to decide what priority this rule will have in its chain. There are two options for you to choose between: the bottom and the top of the chain;
- for the changes you have made to become operational, click Submit, to undo the changes and return to the previous page, click Cancel.
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