Selecting Mode

If you have only just started using the firewall by clicking the Firewall link on the Container dashboard, the Firewall Setup page is the first one you have displayed.

On the Firewall Setup page, you can choose one of the following modes your firewall operates in:

• The normal mode. If the security strategy you are planning out does not require a complicated system of specific rules and all you are going to do is as simple as providing your system with access to the Internet and the maximum safety, then the best option is the normal mode.Hence, select the normal mode to configure your firewall using the 15 built-in access rules or to fix the firewall rules settings corrupted either in the advanced mode or in the normal mode.
• The advanced firewall mode with default policy Accept, or the advanced firewall mode with default policy Drop. The advanced mode takes more time and experience to configure, but then there is more flexibility and potential in it to make use of.

Besides, the Firewall Setup page can be reached with the Firewall Setup link from both advanced and normal mode pages. If so, the choice is quite the same.The only difference is that in this case the normal mode can also be used as an option to reset to if you want to roll back the changes in the firewall rule(s) settings you have made.

After selecting a mode, click Submit. Click Cancel to return to the previous screen.

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