Interactive features
Some operations listed in the taskbar can be performed by right-clicking on the table of filter rules:
- New rule (Single rule, Separator - Rule grouping, Authentication rule, SSL inspection rule, Explicit HTTP proxy rule),
- Delete,
- Cut,
- Copy,
- Paste,
- Search in logs,
- Search in monitoring.
Mathematical comparison
Whenever you come across a drop-down list of objects in the columns (except “Status” and “Action”) a mathematical operator icon will appear (
). It can only be used if an object other than “Any” has been selected.
You can therefore customize the parameters of your traffic using the following icon in 4 different ways:
- “=" (or
): the value of the attribute corresponds to what is selected. - “!=" (or
) the value of the attribute is different from what has been selected. - "<" (or
; can only be used for source ports, destination ports and host reputation scores): the value of the attribute is lower than what has been selected. - ">" (or
; can only be used for source ports, destination ports and host reputation scores): the value of the attribute is higher than what has been selected.
Adding/modifying objects
Some drop-down lists offer the
button, which leads to a pop-up menu:
- Create an object: new objects can be created directly from the Filter/NAT module
- Edit object: when an object is in a field, it can be edited directly to modify it (name, IP address for a host, adding the object to a group, etc.), except for read-only objects ("Any", "Internet", etc).