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You may add more firewall rules for specific security purposes. Click on the A A d d d d
radio button at the screen shown above, followed by the E E d d i i t t button.
Rule
Name : Enter a unique name to identify this firewall rule.
Disposition
Policy : This parameter determines whether the packets obeying the rule
should be accepted or denied by the firewall. Choose between
Accept and Deny.
Protocols : Users are allowed to select the type of data packet from: TCP,
UDP, ICMP, IGMP or ALL.
Note: If users select either ICMP or IGMP, they are required to
make further selection in the ICMP Types or IGMP Types
respectively.
ICMP
Types
: This IP protocol is used to report errors in IP packet routing. ICMP
serves as a form of flow control, although ICMP messages are
neither guaranteed to be received or transmitted.
ICMP
Packet Type Description
Echo
request Determines whether an IP
node (a host or a router) is
available on the network.
Echo reply Replies to an ICMP echo
request.