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General Firewall Policy
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Chapter 11 Firewall Configuration 11.4.1 LAN to WAN Rules The default rule for LAN to WAN traffic is that all users on the LAN are allowed nonrestricted access to the WAN. When you configure a LAN to WAN rule, you in essence want to limit some or all users from accessing certain services on the WAN. WAN to LAN Rules The default rule for WAN to LAN traffic blocks all incoming connections (WAN to LAN). If you wish to allow certain WAN users to have access to your LAN, you will need to create custom rules to allow it. 11.4.2 Alerts Alerts are reports on events, such as attacks, that you may want to know about right away. You can choose to generate an alert when a rule is matched in the Edit Rule screen (see Figure 98 on page 176). When an event generates an alert, a message can be immediately sent to an email account that you specify in the Log Settings screen. Refer to the chapter on logs for details 11.5 General Firewall Policy Click Security > Firewall to display the following screen. Use this screen to activate and edit firewall settings. Refer to Section 10.1 on page 157 for more information. Figure 96 Firewall: General 172 P-662H/HW-D Series User's Guide