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Prestige 660H/HW Series User’s Guide
Chapter 13 Firewall Configuration
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4 Does a rule that allows Internet users access to resources on the LAN create a security
vulnerability? For example, if FTP ports (TCP 20, 21) are allowed from the Internet to the
LAN, Internet users may be able to connect to computers with running FTP servers.
5 Does this rule conflict with any existing rules?
6 Once these questions have been answered, adding rules is simply a matter of plugging the
information into the correct fields in the web configurator screens.
13.3.3 Key Fields For Configuring Rules
13.3.3.1 Action
Should the action be to Block or Forward?
Note: “Block” means the firewall silently discards the packet.
13.3.3.2 Service
Select the service from the Service scrolling list box. If the service is not listed, it is necessary
to first define it. See
for more information on predefined services.
13.3.3.3 Source Address
What is the connection’s source address; is it on the LAN, WAN? Is it a single IP, a range of
IPs or a subnet?
13.3.3.4 Destination Address
What is the connection’s destination address; is it on the LAN, WAN? Is it a single IP, a range
of IPs or a subnet?
13.4 Connection Direction Example
This section describes examples for firewall rules for connections going from LAN to WAN
and from WAN to LAN.
LAN to LAN/ Router, WAN to WAN/ Router rules apply to packets coming in on the
associated interface (LAN, WAN respectively). LAN to LAN/ Router means policies for
LAN-to-Prestige (the policies for managing the Prestige through the LAN interface) and
policies for LAN-to-LAN (the policies that control routing between two subnets on the LAN).
Similarly, WAN to WAN/ Router polices apply in the same way to the WAN ports.