Adding a Network-based Policy

You can configure the firewall for blocking packets or traffics from an area with low integrity. You can implement the firewall policy with the 5-tuple firewall rules.

1. Click Policy.
2. Select the Security Program Policy tab.
3. Click Add.
4. To detect and block attacks made on the network, select the Enable firewall checkbox. Under the Network tab, click Add.
5. Configure the rules for the firewall policy.

• Enable: Select whether to enable the firewall policy or not.
• Name: Enter a name for the policy between 1 to 128 characters.
• Direction: Select the direction of sending the packet or traffic to block.
• Action: Select the action to take.
• Protocol: Select the protocol type to block with the firewall policy.
• Source IP: Enter the source IP address to block.
• Source Port: Enter the source port number to block.
• Destination IP: Enter the destination IP address to block.
• Destination Port: Enter the destination port number to block.
• Description: Enter a description for the policy.

6. Click OK to create the policy.
7. Set the priority of the registered firewall policy by using and in the list. When a packet comes in, the system checks the packet against a policy with higher priority. If the system finds the policy that can process the packet, it is processed according to that policy, and the firewall policy is no longer searched.
8. Click Save.