Adding a Firewall Rule for Outgoing Activity by IP Address

To add a rule for filtering outgoing activity by IP address, press the F6 key in the Dynamic Filtering - Outgoing IP Address Security screen, shown in Setting Firewall Rules for Outgoing Activity by IP Address (STRFW > 2 > 5).

The Dynamic Filtering - Add Outgoing IP Address screen appears:

​                  ​ Dynamic Filtering- Add Outgoing IP Address​                                                                                                     ​ Type choices, press Enter.                                                    ​                                                                                   ​ IP Address  . . . . .​  ​                ​                 ​ Address, *ALL​          ​ Subnet mask . . . . .​  ​ 255.255.255.255​                 ​ F4 for list​            ​ Text  . . . . . . . .​  ​                               ​                                                                                                           ​ FTP . . . . . . . . .​  ​  ​                               ​ Y=Yes , S=SSL only,​                                                             ​ A=Skip checks      ​                                                             ​ B=SSL+Skip checks  ​                                                             ​ L=Skip checks+Log  ​                                                             ​ M=SSL+Skip checks+Log​                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ​ S=SSL requires that the connection is encrypted (Checked from V5R1)​                                                                                                                                                                               ​                                                                                 ​ F3=Exit   F4=Select Subnet    F12=Cancel​                                        ​                                                                                                                                                                  ​

Enter or modify information in the following fields:

IP Address/*LCL

The IPv4 address for the address range. In addition to IP addresses, you can set this field to *ALL for rules applied to all IP address ranges that aren't otherwise specified.

Subnet mask

The subnet mask for the address range. For a list of possible subnet masks, showing the number of addresses that the range would include, press the F4 key.

Text

A free-form text description of the IP address range.

FTP

A letter or blank space showing how the system filters outgoing FTP requests:

The possible values are: