Modifying a Firewall Rule for Incoming Activity by IPv6 Addresses

To modify an existing rule for filtering incoming activity by IPv6 address, enter 1 in the Opt field for the rule in the Dynamic Filtering - Incoming IPv6 Address Security screen, shown in Setting Firewall Rules for Incoming Activity by IPv6 Addresses (STRFW > 2 > 2).

The Dynamic Filtering - Modify Incoming IPv6 Address screen appears:

​                ​ Dynamic Filtering- Modify Incoming IPv6 Address​                                                                                                  ​ Type choices, press Enter.                                                    ​                                                                                   ​ IPv6 Address  . . . . .​ ​ 2001:CF8:2:5D11:3440:B5FF:FE8D:1              ​         ​ Address prefix length .​ ​ 128​                             ​ 1-128​                 ​ Text  . . . . . . . . .​ ​                               ​                                                                                                          ​                        ​ FTP/ ​ ​ Tel-​ ​ DB ​ ​ TCP ​                                                          ​ REXEC​ ​ net ​ ​ Srv​ ​ SGN ​ ​ DDM​                             ​ Secure value. . . . . .​  ​ Y​    ​ Y​    ​  ​   ​ Y​    ​ Y​       ​ Y=Yes, S=SSL only​                                                               ​ A=Skip checks     ​                             ​ Rmt​  ​ Fil​                       ​ B=SSL+Skip checks ​                             ​ Srv​  ​ Srv​                       ​ L=Skip checks+Log ​                              ​ Y​    ​ Y​                        ​ M=SSL+Skip checks+Log ​ Equivalent IP range:   ​                                                          ​ IP from:​ ​ 2001:0CF8:0002:5D11:3440:B5FF:FE8D:0001 ​                              ​ IP to  :​ ​ 2001:0CF8:0002:5D11:3440:B5FF:FE8D:0001 ​                                                                                                              ​ SQL statments are not parsed when checks are skipped or rejected.​               ​ FTP=FTPLOG, REXLOG. DDM=DDM, DRDA. DB Srv=SQLENT, SQL, NDB, OBJINF.​                                                                                              ​ F3=Exit​                                             ​ F12=Cancel​                 ​                                                                                 ​

Enter or modify information in the following fields:

IPv6 Address

The IPv6 address for the range of addresses. In addition to an IPv6 address, you can set this field to *ALL for rules applied to all IPv6 ranges that aren't otherwise specified.

Address prefix length

The length of the IPv6 address prefix. This can be set to from 1-128.

Text

A free-form text description of the IPv6 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: