RULE

ACTION & NIC

SS & PACKET

HOSTS

PORTS PROTOCOLS DIRECTION

APPLICAITONS

CONNECTION TYPE

SPECIAL NOTE

BL ALL IP /= TCP or UDP

BL

ALL

BOTH

OPT

ALL

IP 0-5,7-16,18-255

BOTH

none

ANY

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LEGEND

 

General:

 

*If any General Legend Code is also present in a column legend below, then go with what is in the column legend.  General should be used only when no description is present under that columns legend.

 

OPT = Optional or whatever you desire

Y = Yes

N = No

ANY = Any available and will be ANY ? where ? = Another legend code

ALL = all available and will be ALL ? where ? = Another legend code

N/A = Not Applicable or Does not apply

 

Under Rule Column:

 

BL = Block Rule

AL = Allow Rule

IP = IP Type

/= = But and/or Exemptions

 

Under Action & NIC Column:

 

*NIC = Network Interface Card

BL = Rule Block Action

AL = Rule Allow Action

ALL = ALL NIC Present

 

Under SS & Packet Column:

 

*SS = Screensaver

*Packet = Record to Packet Log

BOTH = SS option set to both ON and OFF/ N/A to Packet Log

ON = SS option set to ON/Packet Log checked

OFF = SS option set to OFF/Packet Log unchecked

 

Under Hosts Column:

 

ALL = All hosts

MAC = Select Mac Address(es)

IP = Select IP Address(es)

SUB = Select IP of Subnet

 

Under Ports Protocol Direction Column:

 

ALL = All Ports, All Protocols, Any Direction

IN = Direction Incoming

OUT = Direction Outgoing

BOTH = In and Out

IP = IP types (there are 0-255)

ICMP = ICMP

TCPR = TCP Remote Ports or Destination Ports

TCPL = TCP Local Ports or Source Ports

UDPR = UDP Remote Ports or Destination Ports

UDPL = UDP Local Ports or Source Ports

 

Under Applications Column:

 

NONE = Do not apply to specific applications

OPT followed by filename = It is optional to apply to this filename

 

Under Connection Type Column:

 

*Means rule is mainly for…

DUN = Dial Up Networking Connection

DSL = Direct Subscriber Line Connection

CAB = Cable Connection

NET = Networks

ANY = should work for any connection type

 

Under Special Note Column:

 

*Set aside for anything that does not fall into the other columns.