Modifying a Firewall Rule for Incoming Activity by IP Addresses

To modify an existing rule for filtering incoming activity by IP address, type 1 in the Opt field for that rule in the Dynamic Filtering - Incoming IP Address Security screen, shown in Setting Firewall Rules for Incoming Activity by IP Addresses (STRFW > 2 > 1), and press Enter.

The Dynamic Filtering - Modify Incoming IP Address screen appears:

​                ​ Dynamic Filtering- Modify Outgoing IP Address​                                                                                                     ​ Type choices, press Enter.                                                    ​                                                                                   ​ IP Address  . . . . .​  ​ 80.179.26.75   ​                 ​ Address, *ALL​          ​ Subnet mask . . . . .​  ​ 255.255.255.224​                 ​ F4 for list​            ​ Text  . . . . . . . .​  ​ RLTOOLS                       ​                                                                                                           ​ FTP . . . . . . . . .​  ​ Y​                               ​ Y=Yes , S=SSL only,​                                                             ​ A=Skip checks      ​                                                             ​ B=SSL+Skip checks  ​                                                             ​ L=Skip checks+Log  ​                                                             ​ M=SSL+Skip checks+Log​                                                                                   ​ Equivalent IP range .​  ​ 80.179.26.64-80.179.26.95      ​                                                                                                                                                                                           ​ 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
• *LCL-generic* for local job or device names.

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.

Secure value

A letter or blank space showing how the rule handles incoming activity for that address range for the protocol indicated by the label above the column. The protocols include:

The possible values are:

The Equivalent IP range field shows a read-only value indicating the range of IP addresses included by the IP address and subnet mask.