APC NBRK0570 User Manual

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NetBotz Appliance User’s Guide
IP Filter
Overview
Use the IP Filter icon to limit access to your appliance to users connecting from specified IP addresses or 
IP address ranges. 
By default, users from any IP address can attempt to access your appliance. While access to the 
appliance is granted only when valid user account names and passwords are provided, IP Filtering 
provides additional security.
The IP Filter allows you to specify the following behavior:
•  Which IP addresses can (or cannot) access the NetBotz appliance.
•  Which protocols can (or cannot) be used to contact the NetBotz appliance over the specified IP 
address range.
•  Which port numbers can (or cannot) be used to contact the NetBotz appliance over the specified 
IP address range.
Adding new filters
1. On the Configuration tab, double-click IP Filter.
2. Click Add to create a new filter entry.
3. Specify the details of the filtering rule and click OK. Detailed explanations of the fields are listed 
later in this topic.
4. Repeat as necessary to construct all of the filtering rules for the appliance.
5. Click OK to submit all of the new rules to the appliance. 
WARNING: Exiting the screen without clicking OK will not retain any of the 
rules created during this session.
You click Revert to restore the original rules that existed when the IP Filter Configuration dialog was 
opened.
You select a filter in the list, and click Edit to modify it. 
When there is more than one filter in the list, you can select a filter and click Up or Down to move it in 
the list. See Configuring IP filters later in this topic for a more detailed explanation.
You click Cancel to discard all changes and close the IP Filter Configuration dialog.