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Revision as of 03:52, 23 May 2008

Firewall Rules Admin Page

This page allows you to customize your firewall rules, even disabling the firewall. When first opened you will notice that there are several predefined rules already in place.

Options

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Protocol

Here is where you can choose the protocol involved with this rule:

Source Ports

Choose the Ports to be used in the rule.

Destination Port

Port to forward requests to.

This option is only available if Port Forwarding is selected in the Rule Type

Destination IP

IP Address of the computer being forwarded to.

This option is only available if Port Forwarding is selected in the Rule Type

Rule Type

There are two types of rules available:

  • Core Input
  • Port Forward

Limit IP

You can limit rules to specific IP addresses.