Sidewinder G2 6.1.2 Administration Guide - Glossary of Technical ...

Chapter 8: Creating Rules and Rule Groups
Creating and managing rule groups
Creating and
managing rule
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3 In the Limit Request Rate area, you can limit the number of requests that
will be allowed per second in either direction by selecting Yes, and entering
the number of packets that you want allowed per second in the Rate field.
Valid values are 0—1000000000.
4 In the Message Type area, select the ICMP message types that you want to
filter for this rule by selecting the check box next to each desired message
type you want to allow or deny. A check mark will appear next to message
types that are selected. To deselect a message type, click the check box to
clear the checkmark. The following options are available:
• echo—Selecting this matches echo requests and responses used by
ping.
• info—Selecting this matches ICMP information requests and
responses.
• timestamp—Selecting this matches timestamp requests and responses.
5 Click Add to save your changes, or click Cancel to reset the fields to the
values that were previously entered.
6 [Conditional] If you selected Add and want this rule to begin managing
traffic, add this newly configured rule to an active rule group and save the
changes.
Your ICMP IP Filter rule is now configured.
This section provides information on creating and managing your rule groups.
The process for creating and managing proxy groups and IP Filter groups is
essentially the same.
Creating a rule group
To create a rule group, follow the steps below.
1 Using the Admin Console, select Policy Configuration > Rules. The Rules
window appears.
2 Select one of the following options in the View Option field:
• To create a proxy rule group, select Proxy Rules. A list of existing proxy
rules and groups appears.
• To create an IP Filter group, select IP Filter Rules. A list of existing IP
Filter rules and groups appears.
3 Click New and select Proxy Group or IP Filter Group, as appropriate. A
New Rule Group window appears prompting you to enter a name for the
new group.
4 Enter a name that will help you identify the purpose of the rule group. For
example, a default proxy rule group called Administration contains all of the
rules associated with basic Sidewinder G2 administration.